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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 does Jadaan do to his wife?
(a) Spoils her.
(b) Loves her.
(c) Kills her.
(d) Divorces her.

2. What does the father note, concerning Nabil?
(a) That Nabil looks refreshed.
(b) That Nabil looks tired.
(c) That Nabil looks high on drugs.
(d) That Nabil looks disheveled.

3. What does the narrator note concerning Umm Saad?
(a) Her anger.
(b) Her hate.
(c) Her joy.
(d) Her sorrow.

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

5. What does Suhail suddenly do after he puts his arm in the grave?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Screams.
(c) Cries.
(d) Chokes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Nabil's father asks him why he is tired, what does Nabil reply with?

2. What does Umm Saad wonder about the commander?

3. What does the falcon find?

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

5. What are Jadaan and Mubarak's jobs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the father's religiousness foreshadow in "A Hand in the Grave"?

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

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

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

5. How is Jadaan similar to Nar?

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

7. How do the images of Umm Saad vary, regarding her temperament?

8. In "The Falcon," where did the gazelle go when it left, and why?

9. Briefly describe the story of the Nar.

10. What unique trait of motherhood does Umm Saad display when speaking about Saad?

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