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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 had Brodman's mother done for a living?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Cleaned houses.
(c) Physics teacher.
(d) Dancer.

2. What does the narrator realize about herself one day early in the story "Seeing Ershadi" in relation to her work?
(a) She has become detached from her work.
(b) She has started to feel as if she is not good at what she does.
(c) She has become fanatical.
(d) She has become completely suspicious of her supervisor.

3. What does the narrator's father's friend who comes unannounced to her father's apartment tell her he does for a living?
(a) Chef.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Engineer.
(d) Doctor.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the businessman give Soraya his room number when they first meet?

2. What kind of illness does Brodman have in the story "Zusya on the Roof"?

3. Where does the narrator like to try on clothes after school in the story "Switzerland"?

4. Who does the narrator live with in the story "Future Emergencies"?

5. What does the narrator spend hours after school doing in "Switzerland"?

(see the answer key)

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