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

2. What does the narrator find herself thinking that no place in Tel Aviv is ever far from?
(a) The market.
(b) The stars.
(c) The temple.
(d) The sea.

3. Where does Marie go during the Christmas break from school?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Berlin.

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

5. When does the businessman show up in Soraya's life for the first time?
(a) November.
(b) February.
(c) May.
(d) July.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carol do abroad that Brodman does not understand?

2. What game does the narrator of "Future Emergencies" play with her partner?

3. What event in Brodman's life led to a period of depression for him?

4. What does the visitor to the narrator's father's apartment make for her to eat in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?

5. Where does Noa's mother travel right after the divorce?

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