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

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

3. What does Nabil say he woke up for?
(a) To pray.
(b) To rob a grave.
(c) To clean.
(d) To study.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the falcon find?

2. What is one of Jadaan's responsibilities?

3. What is Umm Saad resolved to do?

4. In "The Falcon," where does the narrator work?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the rumor concerning Jadaan and a red-haired woman?

2. How is Abdallah different from Jadaan in their jobs?

3. How does Umm Saad support her son at the end of the story?

4. Why does Nabil transfer out of medical school?

5. How does Jadaan show indifference to his job?

6. What did Jadaan do after he met the red-haired woman?

7. How do Nabil and Suhail react upon entering the graveyard?

8. What does Nabil learn about the graveyard seven years later?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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