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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Noa work?
(a) A law office.
(b) A florist's shop.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A library.

2. Where is the businessman Soraya starts seeing from?
(a) Germany.
(b) Spain.
(c) England.
(d) Holland.

3. What does the narrator in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake" do for a living?
(a) Chef.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Architect.
(d) Lawyer.

4. What does a random stranger say to the narrator during the narrator's youth that shakes her and that she never forgets?
(a) That he could throw her in the river right now and no one would ever know where she went.
(b) That he will buy her anything in exchange for favors.
(c) That he will make her disappear.
(d) That he could break her in two with one hand.

5. Who is Soraya having dinner with when she first meets the businessman?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her uncle.

6. What event in Brodman's life led to a period of depression for him?
(a) His son's death.
(b) His father's death.
(c) His brother's death.
(d) His mother's hospitalization.

7. Who comes to Mrs. Elderfield's house after Mrs. Elderfield calls him out of concern for Soraya?
(a) Mrs. Sassani, Soraya's mother.
(b) Mr. Anderson.
(c) Mr. Sassani, Soraya's father.
(d) Mrs. Flingle.

8. Who performs Noa's parents' divorce ceremony?
(a) Rabbi Shemkin.
(b) Rabbi Strauss.
(c) Rabbi Helmand.
(d) Rabbi Wyland.

9. Who is Noa's sister?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Deborah.

10. What happens at the rabbi's house that Noa would never have expected?
(a) She has a heart attack.
(b) She swims in the rabbi's pool.
(c) She loses her virginity.
(d) Her car breaks down outside the the rabbi helps her fix it.

11. Who is the friend of the narrator's father who gives her the keys for his apartment?
(a) Boaz.
(b) Koren.
(c) Zusya.
(d) Henry.

12. What did Noa call her father for one summer on the kibbutz, but dropped when they returned home?
(a) Abba.
(b) Leonard.
(c) Daddy.
(d) Henry.

13. What does the narrator spend hours after school doing in "Switzerland"?
(a) Wandering around Geneva.
(b) Running track.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Going to cheerleading practice.

14. What does the narrator never doubt concerning Soraya in regards to her relationship with the businessman?
(a) That Soraya will drop out of school.
(b) That Soraya is getting paid well.
(c) That Soraya has told her parents about the banker.
(d) That Soraya has it all under control.

15. What language does Soraya speak with her own family?
(a) Spanish.
(b) German.
(c) Farsi.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Marie lived right before coming to Switzerland?

2. How does the businessman give Soraya his room number when they first meet?

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

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

5. Where does the narrator like to try on clothes after school in the story "Switzerland"?

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