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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 did Sem imagine he would do in his 50s?
2. What is the young man named David wearing when he introduces himself to Sem and Harun?
3. What abandoned mining town are Sem and Harun driving toward when a wild rabbit leaps out in the road in front of them?
4. What was the name of the street where Sanja and Sem lived two years before her stroke?
5. When Sem reaches the hospital, what is a nurse giving Sanja?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what language does Sem write?
2. What is Sanja's situation by the time she has been in the hospital for four nights?
3. Why do they not know how to treat Sanja after her stroke?
4. What is unusual about the corridor from the elevator to Sem and Sanja's apartment door, and what problems has that caused?
5. What hangs from Harun's belt, and what does Sem learn about them?
6. What does Sem tell Sanja is in the hospital when she asks what happened to her?
7. What ritual did Sem and Harun develop when Harun was a child?
8. What form of address has Hraun used for Sem?
9. What did Sem find interesting about photographs "M" took of their apartment?
10. Why did Sanja say she was a smoker when she quit after Sem's heart attack?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sanja and Sem have been together for 30 years. How does their relationship change after her stroke? What are their new roles?
Essay Topic 2
Sem knows that every return home can be different. Why does Sem understand that every return home can be different? When he returns to his apartment after Sanja’s stroke, what does he realize about journeys and coming home?
Essay Topic 3
Sanja has a stroke and is admitted to the hospital. Why does Sem call the hospital ward "a torture chamber” (130)? Why does he think the hospital is not a good place to get well?
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