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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is the flight from Washington to Phoenix?
(a) About 3 hours.
(b) 3 1/2 hours.
(c) 5 hours.
(d) Barely 4 hours.

2. What does Sanja remove from their apartment before Sem returns home from the hospital?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Cigars.
(c) Pipes.
(d) Ashtrays.

3. What lake did Sem grow up beside?
(a) Klinje.
(b) Goransko Jezero.
(c) Modrac.
(d) Balkana.

4. In Chekhov's diaries, how long did a man think he had heart problems?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 11 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 14 years.

5. Where was the Bosnian doctor working who Sem heard was smoking behind the hospital building?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Georgia.

6. What is the name of the man who lives in the apartment Sem and his family used to live in in Phoenix?
(a) Matt.
(b) Rich.
(c) Bob.
(d) Clint.

7. What is the name of a bookstore Sem notices as he is riding in the ambulance?
(a) Utopia.
(b) Apropo.
(c) Liberation Books.
(d) The English Book.

8. Who was Sem working for in 2008?
(a) Associated Press.
(b) Federal News Agency.
(c) Reuters.
(d) BBC.

9. Why is Lukas Cierny in the hospital?
(a) Alzheimer's and chest problems.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Dementia and heart attack.

10. Where is Harun when Sem calls him in "Me'Med"?
(a) St. Louis airport.
(b) Chicago airport.
(c) San Francisco airport.
(d) Denver airport.

11. What type of bedspread does Sem have?
(a) Black.
(b) Navy.
(c) Floral.
(d) Striped.

12. What stones does an African man have on his ring when he comes to photograph Sem's heart?
(a) Pearl and diamond.
(b) Turquoise and black onyx.
(c) Diamond and ruby.
(d) Topaz and sapphire.

13. In "Red Bandana," how many days do Sem and Harun plan to aimlessly wander American roads?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

14. What does Sem taste when he is showering?
(a) Vinegar.
(b) Cement.
(c) Burnt toast.
(d) Plastic.

15. How many of Sem's family members had had heart attacks according to his mother?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) None.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Sem and Harun visits Badwater Basin?

2. How old was Sem in 1996?

3. When did Ales Debeljak visit Sem and his family in Washington, DC?

4. When Sem and his family first flew to Phoenix, how long after they arrived did their suitcase arrive?

5. What color uniform is the girl wearing who tells Sem that he is having a heart attack?

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