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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotions does Umm Saad feel when she asks her cousin the last question?
(a) Joy.
(b) Love.
(c) Anger.
(d) Perplexity and torment.

2. Where does Umm Saad move to?
(a) The city.
(b) The country.
(c) The camps.
(d) Another country.

3. Who did Jadaan used to pay to fulfill his responsibility?
(a) Mubarak.
(b) Abdallah.
(c) Abdallah's servant.
(d) His wife.

4. How does Jadaan feel about Mubarak?
(a) He despises him.
(b) He trusts him.
(c) He likes him.
(d) He is ashamed of him.

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

6. Why does Nabil need to do the task he names to his father?
(a) He knows that chores need to be done.
(b) He is religious.
(c) He needs a skeleton for class.
(d) He has a morbid personality.

7. Why does Umm Saad feel the way she does about her cousin's statement?
(a) It saddens her to think mothers can be dispensed with so easily.
(b) She feels free to do what she wants now.
(c) She feels ashamed of her son.
(d) She feels a relief from the burden of motherhood.

8. What does Nabil pack in his bag?
(a) A shovel.
(b) Food.
(c) Money.
(d) A magnifying glass.

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

10. What does Umm Saad say the commander should do?
(a) Discipline Saad.
(b) Send Saad to war.
(c) Take care of Saad.
(d) Send Saad home.

11. What does Jadaan refuse to do?
(a) Buy lunch.
(b) Talk to his co-workers.
(c) Guard.
(d) Clean the bathrooms.

12. What does Suhail complain about?
(a) Being cold.
(b) Not having a brother to help.
(c) Being hot.
(d) Not being able to collect the money he needs.

13. What is Umm Saad resolved to do?
(a) Disown her son.
(b) Join the war effort.
(c) Disown her other two kids.
(d) Support her son.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Jadaan's responsibilities?

2. Why does Suhail put his arm in the grave instead of Nabil?

3. In "The Falcon," who does not bother remembering the engineers' names?

4. What does the narrator note concerning Umm Saad?

5. What background are the guards of, in "The Falcon"?

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