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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Soraya get in touch with the businessman to arrange meetings in the beginning of their relationship?
(a) By using her own cell phone.
(b) By leaving notes in pre-arranged secret locations.
(c) By leaving graffiti on the wall outside his hotel.
(d) By using the payphone at school.

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

3. What is threatening the area where Noa lives?
(a) A volcanic eruption.
(b) A flood.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) A wildfire.

4. What does Kate, the narrator's American friend, show her that belongs to her father?
(a) His collection of rare plants.
(b) His collection of special music.
(c) His collection of Playboy magazines.
(d) His collection of valuable instruments.

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

6. What does Noa's neighbor, Mr. Frankel, bury in his yard?
(a) His old journal.
(b) Gold.
(c) His deceased dog.
(d) His favorite lamp.

7. 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 will buy her anything in exchange for favors.
(b) That he will make her disappear.
(c) That he could break her in two with one hand.
(d) That he could throw her in the river right now and no one would ever know where she went.

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

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

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

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

12. Who reminds the narrator of Soraya years after the narrator's contact with Soraya?
(a) Her own 12 year-old daughter.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her neighbor.

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

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

15. Who is the person who comes unannounced to the narrator's father's apartment?
(a) Henry.
(b) Boaz.
(c) Joshua.
(d) James.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the friend of the narrator's father who gives her the keys for his apartment?

2. What did the scribe's family do before they were scribes for generations going back?

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

4. What does the narrator's father's friend who comes unannounced to her father's apartment tell her he does for a living?

5. Whose clothes does Brodman wear to his grandchild's bris?

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