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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 is the name of the only person at the rabbi's house when Noa arrives?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Mr. Hendery.
(d) Aviel.

2. What makes Mrs. Elderfield tighten the rules and regulations in her house further?
(a) The narrator gets arrested.
(b) Marie runs away.
(c) Soraya begins failing school.
(d) Marie gets into the cooking wine.

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

4. How does the narrator describe her cousins in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?
(a) As indifferent people.
(b) As friendly, open people.
(c) As suspicious people.
(d) As hard, unsparing people.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What major life event happens in Brodman's family while he is in a coma?

2. What does Noa have to deliver to the rabbi in the story "End Days"?

3. What did Noa call her father for one summer on the kibbutz, but dropped when they returned home?

4. What event in Brodman's life led to a period of depression for him?

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

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