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1. How does the narrator meet Soraya in the story "Switzerland"?

The narrator meets Soraya while they are both teenagers away at boarding school in Switzerland in the story "Switzerland."

2. What do Marie, Soraya, and the narrator all have in common in the story "Switzerland"?

Marie, Soraya, and the narrator all come from families that are struggling with either financial or relationship-related difficulties in the story "Switzerland."

3. In "Switzerland," what is the narrator's father's relationship to physical trauma?

The narrator's father is a surgeon, and after his own mother is hit by a vehicle and dies some weeks later, he moves the narrator's family to Switzerland so he can study at one of the world's best trauma-treatment centers.

4. Why is the narrator of "Switzerland" so transfixed by Soraya?

The narrator is so transfixed by Soraya because Soraya is not only a little older than the narrator, but she is wild and confident. At least initially, the narrator thinks Soraya is using her sexual allure to play a game she is completely in control of.

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