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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. How does Nabil's friend feel when he meets him?
(a) Afraid.
(b) Careless.
(c) Happy.
(d) Excited.

2. Who is Umm Saad's favorite child?
(a) Nadia.
(b) Nabil.
(c) Selim.
(d) Saad.

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

4. What does Nabil end up studying?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Biology.
(c) Physics.
(d) Law.

5. Why does Suhail put his arm in the grave instead of Nabil?
(a) He is stronger.
(b) He is mentally stronger.
(c) His arm is shorter.
(d) He is thinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Hand in the Grave," who offers to give up the scheme?

2. What does the father respond to his daughter's offer in "A Hand in the Grave"?

3. What does Umm Saad say about children?

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

5. What does Jadaan say about falcons and death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Nabil decide to rob a grave?

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

8. Why does Nabil transfer out of medical school?

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

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

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