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

2. What does Noa's mother tell her about her grandmother that hurts her feelings?
(a) Her grandmother does not want Noa to come visit.
(b) Her grandmother does not really want to talk to Noa.
(c) Her grandmother has died.
(d) Her grandmother, suffering from dementia, does not remember her.

3. What does the narrator find in the drawer of her father's night table in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A small leather photo album.
(c) A gun.
(d) A knife.

4. Who is Noa's sister?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Deborah.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator do impulsively involving the stranger one night in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?

3. Who reminds the narrator of Soraya years after the narrator's contact with Soraya?

4. Where is the narrator's father's apartment that she stays in in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?

5. Which daughter of Brodman's had been hospitalized because of mental health problems?

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