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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 182 - 225).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the narrator and the person she lives with first meet in the story "Future Emergencies"?
(a) He was once her neighbor.
(b) They met in a book club.
(c) He is her younger brother's friend.
(d) He is her former professor.

2. Who does Tamar's mother ask for help before she lets the strangers in at her door in the story "The Husband"?
(a) The woman next door.
(b) The new father from the floor above her apartment.
(c) The police.
(d) Her son.

3. What does the narrator find in the drawer of her father's night table in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?
(a) A small leather photo album.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A knife.
(d) A gun.

4. Who is Tamar's brother?
(a) Henry.
(b) Sandor.
(c) Ben.
(d) Shlomi.

5. What game does the narrator of "Future Emergencies" play with her partner?
(a) Operation.
(b) Scrabble.
(c) Chess.
(d) Dominoes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the lower gardens in the heart of the public park replaced with, at the generals' behest?

3. What does the narrator think is the most extraordinary thing about the ending of her favorite Ershadi film?

4. What does the narrator do impulsively involving the stranger one night in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?

5. Who comes to see the landscape architect and takes him away for a time?

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