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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 136 - 181).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes the narrator think of Ershadi again for the first time years after she thinks she saw him in real life?
(a) Her husband tells her he loved Ershadi films too.
(b) She sees a report that Ershadi has died.
(c) She passes a poster for her favorite Ershadi film playing in her neighborhood.
(d) She comes across an Ershadi film on television.

2. Where does Tamar live?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) New York City.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Paris.

3. Who tells the narrator that she has also had a strange experience with Ershadi?
(a) The narrator's boyfriend.
(b) The narrator's boss.
(c) Romi.
(d) Henry.

4. What does the stranger assume about the narrator in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?
(a) That she is a student.
(b) That she has dual citizenship.
(c) That she is also an engineer.
(d) That she is a writer.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say a garden depends on?

3. Who does the narrator in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart is Awake" dream is at the apartment door in the start of the story?

4. What kind of illness does Brodman have in the story "Zusya on the Roof"?

5. When does Mrs. Elderfield realize the trouble Soraya is actually in?

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