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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Suhail injured?

2. How does Nabil's friend feel when he meets him?

3. In "The Falcon," what does one of the workers call the engineers?

4. What does Jadaan say about falcons and death?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Falcon," where did the gazelle go when it left, and why?

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

3. How is Jadaan similar to Nar?

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

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

6. How does Jadaan show his indifference to everyone around him?

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

8. What has Saad done, and how does his mother initially react?

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

10. Why does Nabil transfer out of medical school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the themes of "If You Were a Horse" is tragedy. What tragedy occurs in the story? How does the father deal with the tragedy, and how does this affect his son? Remember to answer each question thoroughly with evidence from the story.

Essay Topic 2

Umm Saad goes through many feelings during the story as she tells her cousin about her son. What emotional turns does Umm Saad take when telling the story to her cousin, and what causes these emotional turns? How does she recover from each turn, and what does she console herself with? Remember to answer each question with evidence from the story.

Essay Topic 3

"The Falcon" employs various themes, including love, beauty, and death. Many of these themes interact with each other, adding to the complexity and symbolism of the story. What theme is the strongest? What character representation reflects this theme most strongly? What themes complement each other or interact together most often? Remember to answer each question with evidence from the story.

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