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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the story "Switzerland," how long has it been since the narrator has seen Soraya?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 40 years.
(d) 10 years.

3. What does the narrator notice about the stranger's habits who comes to stay at her father's apartment?
(a) He is a very sound sleeper.
(b) He is a terrible cook.
(c) He never seems to sleep.
(d) He never brushes his teeth.

4. What is the name of the only person at the rabbi's house when Noa arrives?
(a) Aviel.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Mr. Hendery.

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

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

7. What does Noa's mother tell her about her grandmother that hurts her feelings?
(a) Her grandmother has died.
(b) Her grandmother does not really want to talk to Noa.
(c) Her grandmother does not want Noa to come visit.
(d) Her grandmother, suffering from dementia, does not remember her.

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

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

10. What does Noa's neighbor, Mr. Frankel, bury in his yard?
(a) Gold.
(b) His deceased dog.
(c) His favorite lamp.
(d) His old journal.

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

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

13. 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"?
(a) A gun.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A small leather photo album.
(d) A knife.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What startles the narrator in "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake" in the very end of the story?

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

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

4. What did the scribe's family do before they were scribes for generations going back?

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

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