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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. What does Umm Saad debate about doing for her son?
(a) Sending him money.
(b) Disowning him.
(c) Visiting him.
(d) Sending him food.

2. Who offers to do the task alone first in "A Hand in the Grave"?
(a) The sister.
(b) The father.
(c) Nabil.
(d) Suhail.

3. Who does Umm Saad still visit after her move?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her son.

4. What does the narrator note concerning Umm Saad?
(a) Her joy.
(b) Her sorrow.
(c) Her hate.
(d) Her anger.

5. Why does Suhail put his arm in the grave instead of Nabil?
(a) He is thinner.
(b) He is stronger.
(c) His arm is shorter.
(d) He is mentally stronger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year in school are Suhail and Nabil?

2. Who is Umm Saad's favorite child?

3. Who is Nabil going to fulfill his task with?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Nabil transfer out of medical school?

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

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

6. Why does Nabil decide to rob a grave?

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

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

9. How does Jadaan show indifference to his job?

10. Briefly describe the story of the Nar.

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