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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. After two sleepless nights in "Red Bandana," where do Sem and Harun get a hotel?
(a) Gilbert.
(b) Page.
(c) Chandler.
(d) Avondale.

2. How old does Sem think the old man, Lukas Cierny, is with whom he shares a room on the hospital ward?
(a) 90s.
(b) 86.
(c) 80 or more.
(d) 78.

3. What is the name of a bookstore Sem notices as he is riding in the ambulance?
(a) Apropo.
(b) The English Book.
(c) Liberation Books.
(d) Utopia.

4. How old was Sem in 1996?
(a) 32.
(b) 36.
(c) 35.
(d) 38.

5. Where is Harun when Sem calls him in "Me'Med"?
(a) Denver airport.
(b) San Francisco airport.
(c) Chicago airport.
(d) St. Louis airport.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Bosnian poet does Sem think Lukas Cierny looks like?

2. In Chekhov's diaries, how long did a man think he had heart problems?

3. Where is the photograph taken that hangs on the wall above the sofa?

4. What type of tree used to be outside the first apartment Sem and his family had in the United States?

5. In "Red Bandana," what day of the week did Sem go for a six-month checkup at the doctor's office?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Sem see when the ambulance stops in front of the hospital?

3. Why is Harun affected by something that happened at a local film festival that just closed in "Red Bandana"?

4. How does Sem feel as he is in the ambulance on the way to the hospital?

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

6. What story does Sanja tell Sem about smoking?

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

8. What happens when Sem arrives at the hospital?

9. What does Sem remember about a trip he took January 31, 1996?

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

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