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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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 to teach her a new language.
(c) Follows him when he goes out.
(d) Asks him out to dinner.

6. Whose house does the narrator stay in while attending school in the story "Switzerland"?
(a) Mrs. Elderfield's.
(b) Mr. Worthington's.
(c) Mrs. Friendly's.
(d) Mr. Smith's.

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

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

9. What does the narrator's father's friend who comes unannounced to her father's apartment tell her he does for a living?
(a) Chef.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Doctor.

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

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

12. When does Mrs. Elderfield realize the trouble Soraya is actually in?
(a) When Soraya's mother comes looking for her.
(b) When Soraya fails to come home one night.
(c) When Soraya's sister calls to tell Mrs. Elderfield what is really going on.
(d) When the police bring Soraya home.

13. How does the narrator describe her cousins in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?
(a) As indifferent people.
(b) As suspicious people.
(c) As hard, unsparing people.
(d) As friendly, open people.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had been Noa's father's second-in-command in archaeological digs when she was a child?

2. In the story "Switzerland," how long has it been since the narrator has seen Soraya?

3. What is the name of the only person at the rabbi's house when Noa arrives?

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

5. What hairstyle does the narrator admire that Soraya wears?

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