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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. What is the narrator's father's first name?
(a) Henry.
(b) Eli.
(c) Joshua.
(d) Adam.

2. What preoccupies the narrator as she trails Boaz through the streets of Tel Aviv?
(a) Her terrible thirst.
(b) Her hunger.
(c) Her aching food.
(d) Her migraine headache.

3. Where does the narrator travel as part of her job in the story "Seeing Ershadi"?
(a) France.
(b) Australia.
(c) Spain.
(d) Japan.

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

5. What does the visitor to the narrator's father's apartment make for her to eat in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?
(a) Am omelette.
(b) A plate of pasta.
(c) A custard.
(d) A steak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the narrator think of Ershadi again for the first time years after she thinks she saw him in real life?

2. Where does Noa's mother travel right after the divorce?

3. What does the narrator's partner in "Future Emergencies" think about the Middle Ages, according to her?

4. 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"?

5. What does Noa's neighbor, Mr. Frankel, bury in his yard?

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