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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the businessman give Soraya his room number when they first meet?
(a) On the back of a five-hundred franc note.
(b) On his dinner receipt.
(c) On a piece of note paper.
(d) On the back of a page torn from a book.

3. Who comes to Brodman's grandson's Bris that makes Brodman uncomfortable?
(a) His brother.
(b) Ruth's ex-husband.
(c) The sperm donor.
(d) His own father.

4. What preoccupies the narrator as she trails Boaz through the streets of Tel Aviv?
(a) Her aching food.
(b) Her migraine headache.
(c) Her terrible thirst.
(d) Her hunger.

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

6. Where does Noa's father's excavation work often take him?
(a) Methala.
(b) Uganda.
(c) Megiddo.
(d) Tempe.

7. Where did Brodman work for most of his career?
(a) Yale University.
(b) Stony Brook University.
(c) New York University.
(d) Columbia University.

8. Who is supposed to check on Noa while her parents are out of the country?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her uncle, Rabbi Strauss.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Jack and Roberta Berkowitz, her parents' oldest friends.

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

10. What major life event happens in Brodman's family while he is in a coma?
(a) His wife decides to leave him.
(b) His mother dies.
(c) His son gets married.
(d) His first grandchild is born.

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

12. What did the scribe's family do before they were scribes for generations going back?
(a) They were bakers.
(b) They were lawyers.
(c) They were rabbis.
(d) They were butchers.

13. Where does Brodman take his infant grandson without telling anyone in the end of the story?
(a) The church down the block.
(b) His own apartment.
(c) The park.
(d) The apartment building's roof.

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

15. Where does Marie go during the Christmas break from school?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the narrator's father's first name?

3. Who performs Noa's parents' divorce ceremony?

4. Who is the person who comes unannounced to the narrator's father's apartment?

5. Who does Noa do her deliveries for work with?

(see the answer keys)

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