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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Umm Saad ask her cousin?
(a) Whether she should ask the commander to keep an eye on Saad.
(b) Whether he would go retrieve her son.
(c) Whether he would take care of her other kids.
(d) Whether she should move to the US.

2. When did Jadaan fall in love?
(a) When he was in school.
(b) When he was hunting gazelles.
(c) When he was working as a guard.
(d) When he was a child.

3. Who is Umm Saad's favorite child?
(a) Nadia.
(b) Saad.
(c) Selim.
(d) Nabil.

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

5. Who is Nabil going to fulfill his task with?
(a) Suhail.
(b) His sister.
(c) His father.
(d) Selim.

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

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

8. In "A Hand in the Grave," who offers to give up the scheme?
(a) Nabil.
(b) Suhail.
(c) The father.
(d) The sister.

9. Why does Umm Saad feel the way she does concerning her son?
(a) She is unhappy with her family.
(b) She is angry for him leaving.
(c) She is worried he will come back.
(d) She is worried about him.

10. What does the father respond to his daughter's offer in "A Hand in the Grave"?
(a) He would rather have something else.
(b) He does not like that book.
(c) That he does not want to be poisoned.
(d) He is not hungry.

11. What does Umm Saad tell her cousin to tell the commander?
(a) To be tough on Saad.
(b) To take care of Saad.
(c) To let Saad do what he wants.
(d) To let Saad come home.

12. What does Nabil's answers to his father's question cause his father to feel?
(a) Neutral feelings.
(b) Pride.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Anger.

13. What has Umm Saad's son done?
(a) He got fired.
(b) He got kicked out of school.
(c) He has joined the fedayeen.
(d) He got arrested.

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

15. What does Umm Saad say about children?
(a) They are getting high marks in school.
(b) They are slavery.
(c) They are her only hope.
(d) They are hopeless.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Umm Saad say the commander should do?

3. What does Nabil end up studying?

4. How much does a skeleton cost?

5. What does Suhail complain about?

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