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

2. What is the name of Jadaan's falcon?
(a) Nar.
(b) Mubarak.
(c) Ghazal.
(d) Abdallah.

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

4. How does the cousin's statement make Umm Saad feel?
(a) Happy.
(b) Angry.
(c) Disappointed.
(d) Relieved.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nabil's friend feel when he meets him?

2. What happens to the falcon after a week?

3. In "The Falcon," what is the narrator's job?

4. What is Nabil's father doing when he wakes up?

5. In "The Falcon," where are the guards from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Jadaan show his indifference to everyone around him?

3. How is Jadaan similar to Nar?

4. How is Umm Saad related to the narrator, and how is this revealed?

5. How does Umm Saad want to support her son?

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

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

8. Why does Nabil transfer out of medical school?

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

10. What happens to Suhail after the graveyard plan?

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