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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. 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 really want to talk to Noa.
(c) Her grandmother has died.
(d) Her grandmother does not want Noa to come visit.

3. What does the narrator find herself thinking that no place in Tel Aviv is ever far from?
(a) The sea.
(b) The temple.
(c) The stars.
(d) The market.

4. Where is the businessman Soraya starts seeing from?
(a) Holland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Spain.
(d) England.

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

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

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

8. Who is Noa's boyfriend for a time before she breaks up with him?
(a) John.
(b) James.
(c) Gabe.
(d) Henry.

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

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

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

12. Who is the friend of the narrator's father who gives her the keys for his apartment?
(a) Koren.
(b) Boaz.
(c) Zusya.
(d) Henry.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator find in the drawer of her father's night table in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?

2. What did Noa call her father for one summer on the kibbutz, but dropped when they returned home?

3. What does the narrator see concerning Soraya that alarms her after she has been seeing the businessman for a while?

4. What happens at the rabbi's house that Noa would never have expected?

5. Who are Noa's parents?

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