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

2. In "The Falcon," where does the narrator work?
(a) Restaurant.
(b) University.
(c) Store.
(d) New Construction Company.

3. Who is Nabil going to fulfill his task with?
(a) Selim.
(b) His father.
(c) Suhail.
(d) His sister.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does Umm Saad visit someone after her move?

2. What does Umm Saad say the commander should do?

3. What year in school are Suhail and Nabil?

4. What do Saad and his companions want to do immediately?

5. What would Umm Saad do without her two other children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nabil decide to rob a grave?

2. What does Nabil's physical appearance at the beginning of the story say about him?

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

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

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

6. What happens to Suhail after the graveyard plan?

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

8. What does Umm Saad think of her other two children?

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

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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