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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the time difference between where Harun lives and where Sem lives in "Red Bandana"?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 4 hours.
(d) 3 hours.

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

3. When does Sem remember using an oil lamp that left soot everywhere in the room and on him, Sanja, and Harun?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1991.

4. What is Sem doing when he feels pain in his chest and throat?
(a) Getting dressed.
(b) Showering.
(c) Having breakfast.
(d) Getting out of bed.

5. The day after Sem's heart attack, what does Sanja bring Sem?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Doughnut.
(c) Tea.
(d) Bagel and cream cheese.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Sem been in the hospital when he is moved out of intensive care?

2. What day of the week does Sem get out of the hospital?

3. How old is Sem?

4. When did Sem and Harun drive from the East to the West Coast and run into a snowstorm in Arizona?

5. How old was Harun when he was asked to play Hamlet at the Sarajevo Youth Theater?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sem describe nostalgia?

2. How does Sem describe Phoenix?

3. What does Sem connect the pain in his throat and the metallic taste in his mouth to?

4. Where does Harun live, and why will he not stop there?

5. What happens when Sem tries to get a hotel room on page 60?

6. In "Red Bandana," what conversation does Sem remember having with his doctor during a routine six-month checkup?

7. With whom does Sem share a room when he is moved out of intensive care into a hospital ward?

8. What conversation does Sem have with his mother after his heart attack?

9. What happens when Sem arrives at the hospital?

10. What happens when Sem and Harun visit their old apartment in "Red Bandana"?

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