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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 did the scribe's family do before they were scribes for generations going back?
(a) They were rabbis.
(b) They were lawyers.
(c) They were butchers.
(d) They were bakers.

2. When does Mrs. Elderfield realize the trouble Soraya is actually in?
(a) When Soraya fails to come home one night.
(b) When Soraya's mother comes looking for her.
(c) When Soraya's sister calls to tell Mrs. Elderfield what is really going on.
(d) When the police bring Soraya home.

3. How does the businessman give Soraya his room number when they first meet?
(a) On the back of a five-hundred franc note.
(b) On the back of a page torn from a book.
(c) On a piece of note paper.
(d) On his dinner receipt.

4. Whose house does the narrator stay in while attending school in the story "Switzerland"?
(a) Mr. Smith's.
(b) Mrs. Elderfield's.
(c) Mr. Worthington's.
(d) Mrs. Friendly's.

5. Who is supposed to check on Noa while her parents are out of the country?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Jack and Roberta Berkowitz, her parents' oldest friends.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her uncle, Rabbi Strauss.

Short Answer Questions

1. What preoccupies the narrator as she trails Boaz through the streets of Tel Aviv?

2. What startles the narrator in "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake" in the very end of the story?

3. Where does the narrator like to try on clothes after school in the story "Switzerland"?

4. How does Soraya get in touch with the businessman to arrange meetings in the beginning of their relationship?

5. Where is the businessman Soraya starts seeing from?

(see the answer key)

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