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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Nabil end up studying?
(a) Law.
(b) Biology.
(c) Physics.
(d) Medicine.
2. What town did Umm Saad used to live in?
(a) Acre.
(b) al-Ghabasiya.
(c) Basra.
(d) Ras Naquora.
3. What does the falcon do after finding an object of interest?
(a) He refuses to eat.
(b) He eats too much.
(c) He flies around all day.
(d) He stays perched on the gazelle.
4. What does Jadaan say about falcons and death?
(a) They die when they are very old.
(b) They fight death.
(c) They care where they die.
(d) They do not care where they die.
5. How does Jadaan feel about Mubarak?
(a) He trusts him.
(b) He despises him.
(c) He likes him.
(d) He is ashamed of him.
6. What does Umm Saad ask her cousin?
(a) Whether he would take care of her other kids.
(b) Whether she should ask the commander to keep an eye on Saad.
(c) Whether she should move to the US.
(d) Whether he would go retrieve her son.
7. In "The Falcon," what does one of the workers call the engineers?
(a) Jadaan.
(b) Abdallah.
(c) Nar.
(d) Mubarak.
8. How long ago was Jadaan a hunter?
(a) Twenty years ago.
(b) Ten years ago.
(c) One year ago.
(d) Five years ago.
9. What year in school are Suhail and Nabil?
(a) Third year.
(b) Fourth year.
(c) First year.
(d) Second year.
10. Why does Nabil need to do the task he names to his father?
(a) He knows that chores need to be done.
(b) He needs a skeleton for class.
(c) He has a morbid personality.
(d) He is religious.
11. What does Abdallah ask Jadaan for advice about?
(a) Work.
(b) Hunting gazelles.
(c) Women.
(d) Parenting.
12. Who was Jadaan in love with at one time?
(a) His wife.
(b) A red-haired woman.
(c) A blonde woman.
(d) A brunette woman.
13. How does Umm Saad's cousin respond to the idea Umm Saad has of doing something for her son?
(a) He says soldiers always need their mothers.
(b) He says that soldiers have no need for mothers.
(c) He says that she should come up with another idea.
(d) He says that she should follow through with her idea.
14. Who is Nabil going to fulfill his task with?
(a) His sister.
(b) Suhail.
(c) His father.
(d) Selim.
15. In "The Falcon," where does the narrator work?
(a) Store.
(b) Restaurant.
(c) University.
(d) New Construction Company.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Suhail suddenly do after he puts his arm in the grave?
2. Who did Jadaan used to pay to fulfill his responsibility?
3. What does Umm Saad wonder about the commander?
4. What happens to Suhail at the end of the story?
5. How often does Umm Saad visit someone after her move?
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