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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Harun when Sem gave him a scorpion in a transparent Kodak film container?
(a) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

2. Who did "M" used to work for as a photographer?
(a) Time.
(b) The Nation.
(c) National Geographic.
(d) Life.

3. When Sem tells people where he is from, near what country does he say his country is located?
(a) Hungary.
(b) Italy.
(c) Greece.
(d) Bulgaria.

4. What color pickup is a man near who is stripped to the waist shaving?
(a) White.
(b) Silver.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

5. What is the weather like at the beginning of "Snowflake," pages 121-171?
(a) Snowy.
(b) Rainy.
(c) Sunny and warm.
(d) Cold and clear.

6. How long did the siege of Sarajevo last?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 4 years.

7. On what street in Las Vegas do Sem and Harun have a tire changed?
(a) Elkhorn Road.
(b) Fremont Street.
(c) Bonanza Road.
(d) Dean Martin Drive.

8. What day of the week did Sanja have her stroke?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Wednesday.

9. When did Sem remember living in the studio of the fine-art group Zvono?
(a) May and June 1992.
(b) September and October 1992.
(c) March and April 1992.
(d) July and August 1992.

10. For writers from what country was Villa Aurora an exile refugee during World War II?
(a) Germany.
(b) Hungary.
(c) Czechoslovakia.
(d) Yugoslavia.

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

12. Where does Sem try to catch up with his email on Harun's laptop, but he cannot remember his passwords?
(a) Crystal Springs, Nevada.
(b) Mountain Springs, Nevada.
(c) Beatty, Nevada.
(d) Mercury, Nevada.

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

14. When Harun comes after Sanja's stroke, to what airport does he fly?
(a) Dulles.
(b) DCA.
(c) Richmond.
(d) Baltimore.

15. When does Sem remember that a photographer he calls "M" (83) used to take photographs of Sem's apartment?
(a) 2004.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2001 or 2002.
(d) 2002 or 2003.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Sanja allergic to everything?

2. In 1999, what hotel did Sem stay in?

3. What are the German bikers eating and throwing at one another at Furnace Creek?

4. The last time that Sem and Sanja moved before her stroke, what did the movers lose?

5. What did Sem imagine he would do in his 50s?

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