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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 is the young man named David who introduces himself to Sem and Harun from?
(a) Murska Sobota.
(b) Sarajavo.
(c) Dobrovnik.
(d) Nagykanizsa.

2. How long have Sem and Sanja been together when she has her stroke?
(a) 35 years.
(b) 29 years.
(c) 27 years.
(d) 30 years.

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

4. How long did the siege of Sarajevo last?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 5 years.

5. On what street in Las Vegas do Sem and Harun have a tire changed?
(a) Elkhorn Road.
(b) Fremont Street.
(c) Bonanza Road.
(d) Dean Martin Drive.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many days does Sanja not get anything to eat or drink in the hospital?

2. When Harun comes after Sanja's stroke, to what airport does he fly?

3. To what Rolling Stones' song were some of Harun's photographs used as illustrations?

4. When did Sem have a small bookshop in the Sarajevo Society of Writers?

5. When Sem tells people where he is from, near what country does he say his country is located?

Short Essay Questions

1. What form of address has Hraun used for Sem?

2. What does Sem find interesting about the photographs that he and Harun took at Monument Valley?

3. What encounter at a cafe does Sem recall?

4. What memory of driving in New Mexico does Sem hope that Sanja has not forgotten?

5. Why did Sanja say she was a smoker when she quit after Sem's heart attack?

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

7. What does Sem tell Sanja is in the hospital when she asks what happened to her?

8. How does Sem compare photographs and drawings?

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

10. Who does Sem remember seeing outside the hotel when he attended the Frankfurt Book Fair in 1999?

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