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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 182 - 225).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the narrator's father's apartment that she stays in in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Miami.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Tel Aviv.

2. When do Sophie and Ezra get back together again after an initial break-up?
(a) 2020.
(b) 2030.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2010.

3. What does "the husband" hold, unexpectedly, when Tamar's mother first meets him in her apartment?
(a) The neighbor's baby.
(b) The tea kettle.
(c) The kitten.
(d) The puppy.

4. Whose clothes does Brodman wear to his grandchild's bris?
(a) His brother's.
(b) His best friend's.
(c) His son's.
(d) His neighbor's.

5. When did Romi's parents divorce in "Seeing Ershadi"?
(a) They did not divorce.
(b) When she was 3.
(c) When she was 15.
(d) When she was 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the city pass out to all its residents in the story "Future Emergencies"?

2. What does Sophie often do in the refugee camp to entertain others?

3. What does the narrator tell the reader about the ending to her favorite Ershadi film?

4. Who does the narrator in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart is Awake" dream is at the apartment door in the start of the story?

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

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