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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 terrible cook.
(c) He never seems to sleep.
(d) He is a very sound sleeper.

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

3. 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 friendly, open people.
(d) As hard, unsparing people.

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

5. What did Noa call her father for one summer on the kibbutz, but dropped when they returned home?
(a) Abba.
(b) Henry.
(c) Leonard.
(d) Daddy.

6. What does the narrator in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake" do for a living?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Architect.
(d) Chef.

7. 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.

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

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

10. Who performs Noa's parents' divorce ceremony?
(a) Rabbi Strauss.
(b) Rabbi Shemkin.
(c) Rabbi Wyland.
(d) Rabbi Helmand.

11. What does the narrator spend hours after school doing in "Switzerland"?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Wandering around Geneva.
(c) Running track.
(d) Going to cheerleading practice.

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

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

14. Where does Noa work?
(a) A law office.
(b) A library.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A florist's shop.

15. When does the businessman show up in Soraya's life for the first time?
(a) July.
(b) May.
(c) February.
(d) November.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Soraya get in touch with the businessman to arrange meetings in the beginning of their relationship?

2. What does Noa have to deliver to the rabbi in the story "End Days"?

3. What does the narrator's father's friend who comes unannounced to her father's apartment tell her he does for a living?

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

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

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