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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jadaan feel about Mubarak?
(a) He trusts him.
(b) He despises him.
(c) He likes him.
(d) He is ashamed of him.

2. What does Umm Saad wonder about the commander?
(a) Whether he will discharge Saad.
(b) Whether he will give Saad a gun.
(c) Whether he will be friends with Saad.
(d) Whether he will write to her.

3. What happens to Suhail at the end of the story?
(a) He becomes a doctor.
(b) He dies.
(c) He becomes a lawyer.
(d) He is declared insane.

4. How is Suhail injured?
(a) He is blinded.
(b) He cuts his hand.
(c) He loses his hand.
(d) He is bruised.

5. What does Nabil's sister offer to her father?
(a) Coffee.
(b) A book.
(c) Tea.
(d) Eggs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Umm Saad do without her two other children?

2. Why does Nabil need to do the task he names to his father?

3. How often does Umm Saad visit someone after her move?

4. What does Jadaan say about falcons and death?

5. What emotions does Umm Saad feel when she asks her cousin the last question?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nabil transfer out of medical school?

2. How does Umm Saad want to support her son?

3. Why would it be irrational for Suhail to think that he stuck his fingers in the corpse's eyes?

4. What does the father's religiousness foreshadow in "A Hand in the Grave"?

5. How do the images of Umm Saad vary, regarding her temperament?

6. What did Jadaan do after he met the red-haired woman?

7. How does Umm Saad support her son at the end of the story?

8. What happens to Suhail after the graveyard plan?

9. What unique trait of motherhood does Umm Saad display when speaking about Saad?

10. Briefly describe the story of the Nar.

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