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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. How long ago did the famous landscape architect say he planted some of the trees in his works?
(a) Ten years ago.
(b) Twenty years ago.
(c) More than half a century ago.
(d) One hundred years ago.

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

3. Who says something to Brodman loudly at the Bris that makes Brodman uncomfortable?
(a) Ruth's old friend.
(b) His own brother.
(c) Ruth's ex-husband.
(d) His mother.

4. Who does Tamar's mother's visitor tell her the old man he has brought with him is?
(a) Tamar's brother.
(b) Tamar's mother's own father.
(c) Tamar's mother's long-lost husband.
(d) Tamar's mother's neighbor.

5. What impresses Shlomi about "the husband" that he tells Tamar during their first phone conversation about him?
(a) He is very wealthy.
(b) He has won a Pulitzer Prize.
(c) He has a Fields Medal.
(d) He has an Erdos number of one.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story "Switzerland," how long has it been since the narrator has seen Soraya?

2. What does the narrator's partner in "Future Emergencies" think about the Middle Ages, according to her?

3. Who comes to Tamar's mother's door with shocking news in the story "The Husband"?

4. What does Noa's neighbor, Mr. Frankel, bury in his yard?

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

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