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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Brodman's wife?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Zoe.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Mira.

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

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

4. Who does the narrator in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart is Awake" dream is at the apartment door in the start of the story?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father as a young child.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Herself.

5. Who had been Noa's father's second-in-command in archaeological digs when she was a child?
(a) Yuval.
(b) Henry.
(c) Yuri.
(d) Ben.

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

7. What does the stranger assume about the narrator in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?
(a) That she is also an engineer.
(b) That she has dual citizenship.
(c) That she is a writer.
(d) That she is a student.

8. Where does the narrator like to try on clothes after school in the story "Switzerland"?
(a) Debenham's.
(b) Oasis.
(c) H and M.
(d) Cross.

9. When did the narrator's mother pass away?
(a) When she was twenty.
(b) When she was three.
(c) When she was eight.
(d) When she was fourteen.

10. Who are Noa's parents?
(a) Monica and David.
(b) David and Sarah.
(c) Leonard and Ruth.
(d) Leonard and Monica.

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

12. What does Noa's mother tell her about her grandmother that hurts her feelings?
(a) Her grandmother does not really want to talk to Noa.
(b) Her grandmother has died.
(c) Her grandmother, suffering from dementia, does not remember her.
(d) Her grandmother does not want Noa to come visit.

13. What is the name of the only person at the rabbi's house when Noa arrives?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Mr. Hendery.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Aviel.

14. What does the narrator see concerning Soraya that alarms her after she has been seeing the businessman for a while?
(a) Soraya has lost a tooth.
(b) Soraya limping.
(c) A bruise on Soraya's throat.
(d) Soraya covering her black eye.

15. What does Brodman's wife show him that she has bought for the baby that enrages him?
(a) A rattle with gold.
(b) An outfit with crowns on it.
(c) A moses basket.
(d) A rattle with silver.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Noa's sister?

3. Whose house does the narrator stay in while attending school in the story "Switzerland"?

4. Who does Noa meet at the rabbi's house when she goes to drop off the papers?

5. Where did Brodman work for most of his career?

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