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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 93 - 135).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When does Mrs. Elderfield realize the trouble Soraya is actually in?
(a) When the police bring Soraya home.
(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 Soraya fails to come home one night.

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

4. What does the narrator of "Future Emergencies" see someone wearing some time after the emergency that startles her?
(a) Fire gear.
(b) A helmet.
(c) Water-proof shoes.
(d) A gas mask.

5. In the story "Switzerland," how long has it been since the narrator has seen Soraya?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does the narrator have in the story "Seeing Ershadi"?

2. What did the scribe's family do before they were scribes for generations going back?

3. What does the narrator think is the most extraordinary thing about the ending of her favorite Ershadi film?

4. What does the narrator's father's friend who comes unannounced to her father's apartment tell her he does for a living?

5. What does Noa suggest the bride wear that is unconventional?

(see the answer key)

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