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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 39 - 92).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which daughter of Brodman's has a significant life event while he is in a coma?
(a) Mira.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Zoe.
(d) Sarah.

3. Where did Brodman work for most of his career?
(a) Yale University.
(b) New York University.
(c) Stony Brook University.
(d) Columbia University.

4. Whose house does the narrator stay in while attending school in the story "Switzerland"?
(a) Mr. Worthington's.
(b) Mrs. Friendly's.
(c) Mr. Smith's.
(d) Mrs. Elderfield's.

5. What kind of illness does Brodman have in the story "Zusya on the Roof"?
(a) Cancer.
(b) The Flu.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) Multiple Sclerosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Noa's father's excavation work often take him?

2. What does the narrator find herself thinking that no place in Tel Aviv is ever far from?

3. Who says something to Brodman loudly at the Bris that makes Brodman uncomfortable?

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

5. What does Brodman's wife show him that she has bought for the baby that enrages him?

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