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

2. Where did Umm Saad used to live?
(a) With her father.
(b) With the narrator's family.
(c) With a neighbor.
(d) In her own house.

3. How does Umm Saad's cousin respond to the idea Umm Saad has of doing something for her son?
(a) He says soldiers always need their mothers.
(b) He says that she should come up with another idea.
(c) He says that she should follow through with her idea.
(d) He says that soldiers have no need for mothers.

4. What does Umm Saad debate about doing for her son?
(a) Visiting him.
(b) Disowning him.
(c) Sending him food.
(d) Sending him money.

5. What does the father respond to his daughter's offer in "A Hand in the Grave"?
(a) He does not like that book.
(b) That he does not want to be poisoned.
(c) He is not hungry.
(d) He would rather have something else.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Jadaan used to pay to fulfill his responsibility?

2. When does Nabil wake up in "A Hand in the Grave"?

3. What does Umm Saad say about children?

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

5. What is the name of Jadaan's falcon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Nabil decide to rob a grave?

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

7. How is Jadaan similar to Nar?

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

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

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

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