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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Sem when Sanja has her stroke?
(a) 57.
(b) 54.
(c) 52.
(d) 56.

2. When Sem was at Villa Aurora, where was the journalist from who would have been arrested if he returned to his country?
(a) Iran.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Syria.

3. Why was Sem in Germany in 1999?
(a) Buch Passion.
(b) Buchmesse Berolina.
(c) Frankfurt Book Fair.
(d) Leipzig Book Fair.

4. What was the name of the district where Sem and Sanja lived during the war?
(a) Nahorevo.
(b) Skenderija.
(c) Grbavica.
(d) Sedrenik.

5. Where is the young man named David who introduces himself to Sem and Harun from?
(a) Nagykanizsa.
(b) Sarajavo.
(c) Dobrovnik.
(d) Murska Sobota.

6. What month does Sanja have her stroke?
(a) May.
(b) April.
(c) June.
(d) March.

7. In what city is Sanja in the hospital after her stroke?
(a) Arlington.
(b) Richmond.
(c) Washington, DC.
(d) Baltimore.

8. What color ambulance takes Sanja to the hospital?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Red.
(c) White and blue.
(d) Green and white.

9. What color sweater did Sem wear in the 1980s?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

10. In 1999, who does Sem remember standing in front of a hotel smoking a cigar?
(a) Tea Obreht.
(b) Ivo Andric.
(c) Ali Podrimja.
(d) Alex Crevar.

11. When Sem reaches the hospital, what is a nurse giving Sanja?
(a) Immunoglobulin.
(b) Morphine.
(c) Antioiotics.
(d) Saline.

12. What poet did Sem remember that Harun read in spite of his lack of interest in literature?
(a) Saadi.
(b) Iqbal.
(c) Khayyam.
(d) Rumi.

13. On page 161, what type of tie does the doctor wear to convey a positive impression to his patients?
(a) Black with brightly colored smiley faces.
(b) White with Dr. Seuss characters.
(c) Navy with cartoon figures.
(d) Brightly colored with children's drawings.

14. The last time that Sem and Sanja moved before her stroke, what did the movers lose?
(a) Wastebaskets.
(b) Bed.
(c) Sofa.
(d) Box of books.

15. How old does Sanja think she is after her stroke?
(a) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 5.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Sem have a small bookshop in the Sarajevo Society of Writers?

2. When Harun had his college admissions interview, where did he meet his interviewer?

3. What is Sem running away from from his chldhood?

4. What abandoned mining town are Sem and Harun driving toward when a wild rabbit leaps out in the road in front of them?

5. When was Sanja allergic to everything?

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