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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 one skill the narrator's partner in "Future Emergencies" has that she appreciates?
(a) He is a skilled gardener.
(b) He is a good woodworker.
(c) He is a talented plumber.
(d) He cooks well.

2. Where does Noa's mother travel right after the divorce?
(a) London.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Berlin.

3. When did the narrator's mother pass away?
(a) When she was eight.
(b) When she was three.
(c) When she was twenty.
(d) When she was fourteen.

4. Who reminds the narrator of Soraya years after the narrator's contact with Soraya?
(a) Her neighbor.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her own 12 year-old daughter.

5. What does Noa have to deliver to the rabbi in the story "End Days"?
(a) Her baby's outfit for the bris.
(b) Her ring.
(c) Her father's check.
(d) Her parents' judgement of divorce papers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which film of Ershadi's is the narrator's favorite?

2. Who is Soraya having dinner with when she first meets the businessman?

3. What does the narrator see concerning Soraya that alarms her after she has been seeing the businessman for a while?

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

5. Who is the person who comes unannounced to the narrator's father's apartment?

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