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

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

3. Where does Brodman take his infant grandson without telling anyone in the end of the story?
(a) The park.
(b) The apartment building's roof.
(c) The church down the block.
(d) His own apartment.

4. What major life event happens in Brodman's family while he is in a coma?
(a) His mother dies.
(b) His first grandchild is born.
(c) His son gets married.
(d) His wife decides to leave him.

5. What does the narrator do impulsively involving the stranger one night in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?
(a) Asks him out to dinner.
(b) Follows him when he goes out.
(c) Asks him to teach her a new language.
(d) Asks him to tell her something about her father.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What language does Soraya speak with her own family?

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

5. What does Noa's neighbor, Mr. Frankel, bury in his yard?

(see the answer key)

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