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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does a CT scan indicate that Sanja has a clot in an artery?
(a) Neck.
(b) Left shoulder.
(c) Brain.
(d) Right leg.

2. Who stayed at the same hotel where Sem stayed in 1999?
(a) French writers.
(b) Balkan writers.
(c) Czech writers.
(d) English writers.

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

4. Who was the subject of a movie based on "M's" work?
(a) Rafael Carrera.
(b) Pinochet.
(c) Porfirio Diaz.
(d) Somoza.

5. How long did Sanja quit smoking before her stroke?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 5 years.

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

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

8. Where is Sanja when she starts feeling her arm hurting and tingling?
(a) Kitchen.
(b) Bedroom.
(c) Bathroom.
(d) Living room.

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

10. After her stroke, on what floor of the hospital is Sanja?
(a) 3rd.
(b) 8th.
(c) 9th.
(d) 5th.

11. When did Harun live in an apartment in Los Angeles for just a few months with his girlfriend?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2004.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2001.

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

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

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

15. What key does Harun still have when he and Sem are traveling?
(a) Key to his first car.
(b) Key to his first apartment.
(c) Key to the apartment in Sarajevo.
(d) Key to their Phoenix apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was David the month before he meets Sem and Harun?

2. What was the name of the street where Sanja and Sem lived two years before her stroke?

3. How long did the siege of Sarajevo last?

4. Where did the language that David, Sem, and Harun spoke used to be spoken?

5. What word did Harun use to describe his father when his father gave a reading at Villa Aurora?

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