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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. When Nabil's father asks him why he is tired, what does Nabil reply with?
(a) A list of medical possibilities.
(b) Someone woke him up too early.
(c) He is sick.
(d) He was out all night.

2. How does Umm Saad's cousin respond to the idea Umm Saad has of doing something for her son?
(a) He says that soldiers have no need for mothers.
(b) He says soldiers always need their mothers.
(c) He says that she should follow through with her idea.
(d) He says that she should come up with another idea.

3. What does Jadaan do to his wife?
(a) Kills her.
(b) Spoils her.
(c) Loves her.
(d) Divorces her.

4. What kind of woman is Umm Saad?
(a) A weak woman.
(b) A controlling woman.
(c) A strong woman.
(d) An angry woman.

5. What do Saad and his companions want to do immediately?
(a) Go to university.
(b) Get married.
(c) Go to war.
(d) Go home.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Falcon," where are the guards from?

2. In "The Falcon," where does the narrator work?

3. How does Umm Saad feel at the end of the story?

4. What does the falcon do after finding an object of interest?

5. What does Umm Saad ask her cousin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe the story of the Nar.

2. What does Nabil's physical appearance at the beginning of the story say about him?

3. How do Nabil and Suhail react upon entering the graveyard?

4. Why is Umm Saad disappointed when the narrator tells her that soldiers have no need for mothers?

5. How does Jadaan show indifference to his job?

6. How is Umm Saad related to the narrator, and how is this revealed?

7. What does Umm Saad think of her other two children?

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

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

10. What is the rumor concerning Jadaan and a red-haired woman?

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