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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 136 - 181).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the narrator's father's apartment that she stays in in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Miami.
(c) Tel Aviv.
(d) San Francisco.

2. What is threatening the area where Noa lives?
(a) A flood.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) A wildfire.
(d) A volcanic eruption.

3. What makes Sophie realize that she ultimately did not want to marry Ezra?
(a) Ezra did not want children and Sophie did.
(b) Ezra's family was too hard for Sophie to deal with.
(c) A friend offered her his coat and she realized Ezra was never thoughtful enough to do something like that.
(d) Ezra never said please.

4. Which film of Ershadi's is the narrator's favorite?
(a) A Taste of Cherry.
(b) The Thieves.
(c) The Big Steal.
(d) Barnyard.

5. What was going on in Romi's life when she first saw the narrator's favorite Ershadi film?
(a) She had just dropped out of school.
(b) She was pregnant with her first child.
(c) She was getting married.
(d) Her father was dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator find in the drawer of her father's night table in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?

2. What is the narrator's father's first name?

3. Who had been Noa's father's second-in-command in archaeological digs when she was a child?

4. Who does Tamar's mother ask for help before she lets the strangers in at her door in the story "The Husband"?

5. In the story "Amour," where do Sophie and Ezra originally meet?

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