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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 does the narrator think she actually does see Ershadi in real life?
(a) In a Zen garden in Japan.
(b) In a restaurant in Barcelona.
(c) In the Sydney Opera House.
(d) In a museum in France.

2. What does Romi tell the narrator she noticed for the first time some years after watching their favorite Ershadi film upon a second viewing of the film?
(a) Ershadi looks much older in the film than she realized.
(b) She actually likes the other actor in the film better than she likes Ershadi.
(c) Ershadi never smiles in the film.
(d) The screen is not really black at the end and the viewer can see rain falling.

3. Where does Noa work?
(a) A library.
(b) A law office.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A florist's shop.

4. Where does the narrator's father die in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Miami.
(d) New York.

5. What does the man who visits Tamar's mother tell Tamar's mother about his own family?
(a) His grandparents never got married.
(b) His mother died when he was a baby.
(c) His grandparents lost each other during the war.
(d) His father was lost in the war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake" do for a living?

2. What is Tamar's mother's name in the story "The Husband"?

3. Where does the narrator meet Soraya in the story "Switzerland"?

4. What is the name of the only person at the rabbi's house when Noa arrives?

5. Who is Noa's boyfriend for a time before she breaks up with him?

(see the answer key)

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