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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long did Sem live in the same town with Sanja's father?
(a) 22 years.
(b) 18 years.
(c) 13 years.
(d) 16 years.

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

4. When did Sanja lose her photographic memory?
(a) After she was caught in crossfire.
(b) After her stroke.
(c) After her a bombing on her buliding.
(d) After Harun was born.

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

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

7. Where was Harun studying when Sem went for a reading at a place called Villa Aurora?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Denver.
(d) San Francisco.

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

9. When did the Croats wear ties (or cravats) as a part of their military uniform?
(a) 16th century.
(b) 17th century.
(c) 14th century.
(d) 15th century.

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

11. What did Sem imagine he would do in his 50s?
(a) Retire.
(b) Write.
(c) Travel.
(d) Teach.

12. When Sanja is taken to the ambulance, what does she ask Sem to bring her?
(a) Bathrobe.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Hairbrush.
(d) Clothes.

13. What did Sem start wearing with his pajamas when he would wake and go to work at his desk?
(a) Baseball cap.
(b) Straw hat.
(c) Fedora.
(d) Stocking cap.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sem was at Villa Aurora, where was the journalist from who would have been arrested if he returned to his country?

2. Who was the subject of a movie based on "M's" work?

3. Why was Sem in Germany in 1999?

4. When does Sem remember that Sanja stepped between him and a murderer?

5. How long have Sem and Sanja been together when she has her stroke?

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