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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often does Umm Saad visit someone after her move?
(a) Every Friday.
(b) Every Thursday.
(c) Every Wednesday.
(d) Every Tuesday.

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

3. What happens to the falcon after a week?
(a) He dies.
(b) He flies away forever.
(c) He eats again.
(d) He is killed.

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

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

6. What does the falcon find?
(a) A dog.
(b) A cat.
(c) A donkey.
(d) A gazelle.

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

8. How does Mubarak feel around Jadaan?
(a) Love.
(b) Angry.
(c) Distrustful.
(d) Ashamed.

9. What does the falcon do after finding an object of interest?
(a) He refuses to eat.
(b) He eats too much.
(c) He stays perched on the gazelle.
(d) He flies around all day.

10. In "The Falcon," where does the narrator work?
(a) Store.
(b) Restaurant.
(c) University.
(d) New Construction Company.

11. When does Nabil wake up in "A Hand in the Grave"?
(a) In the middle of the night.
(b) Early.
(c) At dusk.
(d) In the afternoon.

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

13. How does Jadaan respond to Abdallah's request for advice?
(a) He tells him to use a car.
(b) He tells him to use a gun.
(c) He tells him to use a rope.
(d) He tells him to leave the gazelles alone.

14. What does the father note, concerning Nabil?
(a) That Nabil looks disheveled.
(b) That Nabil looks high on drugs.
(c) That Nabil looks tired.
(d) That Nabil looks refreshed.

15. In "The Falcon," where are the guards from?
(a) The desert.
(b) The US.
(c) The city.
(d) The countryside.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jadaan do to his wife?

3. What does Suhail suddenly do after he puts his arm in the grave?

4. In "A Hand in the Grave," who offers to give up the scheme?

5. Who did Jadaan used to pay to fulfill his responsibility?

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