View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 37).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carol do abroad that Brodman does not understand?
(a) Volunteers for a medical organization.
(b) Puts herself in that path of bulldozers in Gaza.
(c) Works as a dancer performing in small villages.
(d) Teaches children English.

2. What does the narrator spend hours after school doing in "Switzerland"?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Running track.
(c) Wandering around Geneva.
(d) Going to cheerleading practice.

3. When does the businessman show up in Soraya's life for the first time?
(a) July.
(b) November.
(c) May.
(d) February.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kate, the narrator's American friend, show her that belongs to her father?

2. Where does Brodman take his infant grandson without telling anyone in the end of the story?

3. What had Brodman's mother done for a living?

4. What hairstyle does the narrator admire that Soraya wears?

5. Who comes to Brodman's grandson's Bris that makes Brodman uncomfortable?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 228 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample