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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. Who was the subject of a movie based on "M's" work?
(a) Somoza.
(b) Pinochet.
(c) Rafael Carrera.
(d) Porfirio Diaz.

2. Where did the language that David, Sem, and Harun spoke used to be spoken?
(a) Bulgaria.
(b) Belarus.
(c) Bosnia.
(d) Yugoslavia.

3. What is the name of the person who visits Sanja in the hospital and gives her a face massage?
(a) Elizabeta.
(b) Murisa.
(c) Amela.
(d) Renata.

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

5. Where was Sem in 1999?
(a) Hanover.
(b) Hamburg.
(c) Dresden.
(d) Darmstadt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Mexican dessert is similar to the Bosnian dessert patispanja?

2. What abandoned mining town are Sem and Harun driving toward when a wild rabbit leaps out in the road in front of them?

3. Where does Sanja want to be buried?

4. What did Sem start wearing with his pajamas when he would wake and go to work at his desk?

5. When did Sanja lose her photographic memory?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sem remember Harun telling a college interviewer?

2. What is unusual about the corridor from the elevator to Sem and Sanja's apartment door, and what problems has that caused?

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

4. What difficulties has Sanja had with allergies?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What encounter at a cafe does Sem recall?

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