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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sem doing when he feels pain in his chest and throat?

2. How old was Harun in 1996?

3. What airline does Sem fly in "Red Bandana"?

4. Where does Harun arrange his cameras in "Red Bandana"?

5. Where is Lukas Cierny's daughter from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Ilija Ladin, and what did Sem say about him?

2. How does Sem describe Phoenix?

3. What is Sem wrapped in when he goes to the hospital and where did he get it from?

4. What story does Sanja tell Sem about smoking?

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

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

7. What does Sem remember from November 1992?

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

9. What does Sem remember about seeing Harun when he was a newborn in the hospital?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nurses view Sem and his roommate at the hospital as one person. How do the nurses at the hospital see Sem and his roommate as one person? In what way does the hospital erase the men’s identity?

Essay Topic 2

Sem feels that he is an object when he is examined by the paramedics. Why does Sem feel like an object when he is surrounded by paramedics? What does he realized about his body? Why does he see it as “an object conveying nothing” (9)?

Essay Topic 3

Allusions are figures of speech. What are allusions? How does the author use allusions? How can allusions be ambiguous references to people, places or things? Why might allusions be difficult for readers to understand and connect to ideas?

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