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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What makes Mrs. Elderfield tighten the rules and regulations in her house further?
(a) Soraya begins failing school.
(b) The narrator gets arrested.
(c) Marie runs away.
(d) Marie gets into the cooking wine.

3. What does the narrator do impulsively involving the stranger one night in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?
(a) Asks him to tell her something about her father.
(b) Asks him out to dinner.
(c) Follows him when he goes out.
(d) Asks him to teach her a new language.

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

5. Who does Noa do her deliveries for work with?
(a) Flora.
(b) Nick.
(c) Henry.
(d) Randy.

6. What had Brodman's mother done for a living?
(a) Cleaned houses.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Physics teacher.
(d) Dancer.

7. Where had Marie lived right before coming to Switzerland?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) Beijing.
(c) Bangkok.
(d) Berlin.

8. 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 Playboy magazines.
(c) His collection of special music.
(d) His collection of valuable instruments.

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

10. Whose clothes does Brodman wear to his grandchild's bris?
(a) His best friend's.
(b) His brother's.
(c) His son's.
(d) His neighbor's.

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

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

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

14. What hairstyle does the narrator admire that Soraya wears?
(a) A mohawk.
(b) A long, wild look.
(c) A pageboy.
(d) A Chanel bob.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Soraya having dinner with when she first meets the businessman?

3. What does the narrator find herself thinking that no place in Tel Aviv is ever far from?

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. When does the businessman show up in Soraya's life for the first time?

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