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

2. What does Carol do abroad that Brodman does not understand?
(a) Works as a dancer performing in small villages.
(b) Teaches children English.
(c) Puts herself in that path of bulldozers in Gaza.
(d) Volunteers for a medical organization.

3. What happens to the narrator spontaneously during her job in the story "Seeing Ershadi"?
(a) She gets headaches.
(b) She cries.
(c) She has terrible flashbacks to her childhood trauma.
(d) She faints.

4. What does the city's mayor ultimately tell the public about the emergency in "Future Emergencies"?
(a) It was due to pollen.
(b) It was due to a chemical spill.
(c) It was due to wildfire fumes.
(d) It was all just a drill.

5. Who comes to Mrs. Elderfield's house after Mrs. Elderfield calls him out of concern for Soraya?
(a) Mr. Sassani, Soraya's father.
(b) Mrs. Flingle.
(c) Mr. Anderson.
(d) Mrs. Sassani, Soraya's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What medication does the narrator take to soothe her sore ankle?

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

3. What is threatening the area where Noa lives?

4. What does the narrator notice about the stranger's habits who comes to stay at her father's apartment?

5. What does the narrator of "Future Emergencies" see someone wearing some time after the emergency that startles her?

(see the answer key)

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