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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Carol do abroad that Brodman does not understand?
(a) Puts herself in that path of bulldozers in Gaza.
(b) Teaches children English.
(c) Volunteers for a medical organization.
(d) Works as a dancer performing in small villages.

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

5. Where is the narrator's father's apartment that she stays in in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?
(a) Tel Aviv.
(b) Chicago.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Miami.

6. 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 father as a young child.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Herself.
(d) Her mother.

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

8. What does Noa do with her coworker as they wait at the bride's house for their boss?
(a) Has sex.
(b) Writes a story.
(c) Does the crossword.
(d) Smokes marijuana.

9. Which daughter of Brodman's had been hospitalized because of mental health problems?
(a) Zoe.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Carol.

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

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

12. What does the bride ask Noa to do for her?
(a) Zip her dress.
(b) Get her a drink.
(c) Bring her a slice of pizza.
(d) Do her makeup.

13. Where does Noa's mother travel right after the divorce?
(a) Vienna.
(b) London.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Berlin.

14. What does the narrator notice about the stranger's habits who comes to stay at her father's apartment?
(a) He never brushes his teeth.
(b) He is a very sound sleeper.
(c) He never seems to sleep.
(d) He is a terrible cook.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Noa work?

2. Who is Noa's sister?

3. What language does Soraya speak with her own family?

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

5. When does Mrs. Elderfield realize the trouble Soraya is actually in?

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