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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. Where was David the month before he meets Sem and Harun?
(a) Brasilia.
(b) La Paz.
(c) Lima.
(d) Mexico City.

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

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

4. In 1999, what hotel did Sem stay in?
(a) Meininger Hotel.
(b) Hotel Roomers.
(c) Maritim Hotel.
(d) Jagdschloss Hotel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For writers from what country was Villa Aurora an exile refugee during World War II?

2. How old is Sem when Sanja has her stroke?

3. When Harun had his college admissions interview, where did he meet his interviewer?

4. What poet did Sem remember that Harun read in spite of his lack of interest in literature?

5. What does Sanja wear when she is released from the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of tennis shoes does Sanja have, and why are those typical of who she is and what she is like?

2. What does Harun photograph at night, and to what does Sem compare the way that Harun creates photographs?

3. What is Sanja's situation by the time she has been in the hospital for four nights?

4. What does Sem think is problematic about how treatment is managed in the hospital?

5. What ritual did Sem and Harun develop when Harun was a child?

6. What did Sem find interesting about photographs "M" took of their apartment?

7. What hangs from Harun's belt, and what does Sem learn about them?

8. How did Harun acquire the habit of going into the mountains when he was quite young, and what did he do there?

9. After Sanja has been in the hospital two days, what does Sem go back to their apartment to get?

10. How has Sem noticed America closing itself up from the outside world?

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