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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Scene 10, what does Zlata say she is waiting for?
(a) To talk to her friends on the telephone.
(b) Fresh fruit.
(c) Quiet.
(d) To be able to paint.

2. Which of the women has a story none of the others know?
(a) Azra.
(b) Nuna.
(c) Zlata.
(d) Jelena.

3. What is J.S. having a hard time doing?
(a) Packing.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Thinking.
(d) Eating.

4. How does Zlata finish J.S.'s sentence, "It's the..."?
(a) "Cruelty."
(b) "Sadness."
(c) "Silence."
(d) "Beauty."

5. Which of these is not a place Zlata mentions as having been blown to pieces?
(a) Churches.
(b) Mosques.
(c) Hospitals.
(d) Bridges.

6. What illness does J.S. think she has?
(a) Measles.
(b) Chicken pox.
(c) Poison ivy.
(d) Shingles.

7. What illness does Zlata tell J.S. she has?
(a) Chicken pox.
(b) Poison ivy.
(c) Measles.
(d) Heat rash.

8. What happened to Zlata's parents?
(a) Their heads were chopped off.
(b) They were hung.
(c) They were shot.
(d) They were burned alive.

9. What has Melissa received about which she is excited?
(a) A care package.
(b) A letter.
(c) A telegram.
(d) A visa.

10. What does Zlata tell J.S. she was for them?
(a) Their healing.
(b) Their comfort.
(c) Their change.
(d) Their knowledge.

11. What does J.S. hear Melissa doing at the beginning of Scene 15?
(a) Blowing her nose.
(b) Singing.
(c) Talking into the tape recorder.
(d) Vomiting.

12. Who fetches J.S. and Melissa to come help Seada?
(a) Azra.
(b) Nuna.
(c) Jelena.
(d) Zlata.

13. What does J.S. tell Zlata she wants in Scene 8?
(a) To write a best-seller about the women.
(b) To teach the women yoga to de-stress.
(c) To be her friend.
(d) To go home.

14. In Scene 15, where is Melissa going next?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Haiti.
(c) Chechnya.
(d) Afghanistan.

15. What does Melissa say is not her verb?
(a) Go.
(b) Write.
(c) Do.
(d) Dream.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that J.S. tells Azra she wouldn't forget about her?

2. Who did Dad have to watch get carved with a knife?

3. What does Zlata say Bosnia was at the very end of Scene 16?

4. Who is sleeping in J.S.'s bed as Scene 9 opens?

5. Of what does J.S. accuse Melissa?

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