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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. Where do Shlomi and his partner go to find a surrogate parent for their child?
(a) Brazil.
(b) China.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Nepal.

2. What does the narrator tell the reader about the ending to her favorite Ershadi film?
(a) It is sad.
(b) It is utterly jarring.
(c) It is happy.
(d) It is predictable.

3. What kind of illness does Brodman have in the story "Zusya on the Roof"?
(a) Multiple Sclerosis.
(b) The Flu.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Heart disease.

4. What does the narrator's partner buy in preparation for the emergency in "Future Emergencies"?
(a) Tape for the windows.
(b) Gasoline.
(c) More food than usual.
(d) Bleach.

5. What does Romi tell the narrator she noticed for the first time some years after watching their favorite Ershadi film upon a second viewing of the film?
(a) She actually likes the other actor in the film better than she likes Ershadi.
(b) Ershadi looks much older in the film than she realized.
(c) The screen is not really black at the end and the viewer can see rain falling.
(d) Ershadi never smiles in the film.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who reminds the narrator of Soraya years after the narrator's contact with Soraya?

3. What does the narrator never doubt concerning Soraya in regards to her relationship with the businessman?

4. What does the city pass out to all its residents in the story "Future Emergencies"?

5. Who is Noa's boyfriend for a time before she breaks up with him?

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