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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 Nabil pack in his bag?
(a) A magnifying glass.
(b) A shovel.
(c) Food.
(d) Money.

2. When did Jadaan fall in love?
(a) When he was working as a guard.
(b) When he was hunting gazelles.
(c) When he was in school.
(d) When he was a child.

3. What does Umm Saad ask her cousin?
(a) Whether he would go retrieve her son.
(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 she should move to the US.

4. What does Nabil's answers to his father's question cause his father to feel?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Neutral feelings.
(c) Pride.
(d) Anger.

5. How does Umm Saad feel at the end of the story?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Angry.
(c) Loving.
(d) Confused.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the falcon do after finding an object of interest?

2. What town did Umm Saad used to live in?

3. How does the cousin's statement make Umm Saad feel?

4. Why does Nabil need to do the task he names to his father?

5. What happens to Suhail at the end of the story?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Nabil decide to rob a grave?

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

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

6. Why does Nabil transfer out of medical school?

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

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

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

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

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