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

2. What emotions does Umm Saad feel when she asks her cousin the last question?
(a) Joy.
(b) Love.
(c) Anger.
(d) Perplexity and torment.

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

4. What does Suhail complain about?
(a) Being hot.
(b) Not having a brother to help.
(c) Being cold.
(d) Not being able to collect the money he needs.

5. How does Jadaan respond to Abdallah's request for advice?
(a) He tells him to leave the gazelles alone.
(b) He tells him to use a gun.
(c) He tells him to use a rope.
(d) He tells him to use a car.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Jadaan fall in love?

3. What are Jadaan and Mubarak's jobs?

4. In "The Falcon," who does not bother remembering the engineers' names?

5. Who is Umm Saad's favorite child?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Jadaan similar to Nar?

4. Why would it be irrational for Suhail to think that he stuck his fingers in the corpse's eyes?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Jadaan show indifference to his job?

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