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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. How long have Sem and Sanja been together when she has her stroke?

2. Where does a CT scan indicate that Sanja has a clot in an artery?

3. What did Sem imagine he would do in his 50s?

4. How long did Sanja quit smoking before her stroke?

5. Who was the subject of a movie based on "M's" work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What difficulties has Sanja had with allergies?

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

3. How does Sem compare photographs and drawings?

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

5. What encounter at a cafe does Sem recall?

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

7. Why do they not know how to treat Sanja after her stroke?

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

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

10. What do they learn about Sanja's condition after doing scans at the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A simile is a figure of speech that is used to make comparisons between things. How does the use of metaphors or similes to help readers comprehend concepts? How does the use of similes help readers make the writing more interesting? What purpose do similes serve in the book?

Essay Topic 2

Sem and Harun emigrated to the U.S. How did Sem and Harun have to adapt when they moved to the U.S.? Who adapted more quickly? In what way are they still foreigners? Why is Harun more of a native than Sem?

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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