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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 93 - 135).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the narrator and the person she lives with first meet in the story "Future Emergencies"?
(a) He is her former professor.
(b) He was once her neighbor.
(c) They met in a book club.
(d) He is her younger brother's friend.

2. Who comes to Mrs. Elderfield's house after Mrs. Elderfield calls him out of concern for Soraya?
(a) Mr. Sassani, Soraya's father.
(b) Mrs. Flingle.
(c) Mrs. Sassani, Soraya's mother.
(d) Mr. Anderson.

3. What does Romi tell the narrator she noticed for the first time some years after watching their favorite Ershadi film upon a second viewing of the film?
(a) Ershadi never smiles in the film.
(b) She actually likes the other actor in the film better than she likes Ershadi.
(c) Ershadi looks much older in the film than she realized.
(d) The screen is not really black at the end and the viewer can see rain falling.

4. What does the bride ask Noa to do for her?
(a) Do her makeup.
(b) Get her a drink.
(c) Zip her dress.
(d) Bring her a slice of pizza.

5. What makes Mrs. Elderfield tighten the rules and regulations in her house further?
(a) Soraya begins failing school.
(b) Marie gets into the cooking wine.
(c) The narrator gets arrested.
(d) Marie runs away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Noa's mother tell her about her grandmother that hurts her feelings?

2. Where does the narrator mostly practice her job?

3. What had Brodman's mother done for a living?

4. What does the narrator's father's friend who comes unannounced to her father's apartment tell her he does for a living?

5. Who is supposed to check on Noa while her parents are out of the country?

(see the answer key)

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