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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Tamar's mother's visitor tell her the old man he has brought with him is?
(a) Tamar's mother's long-lost husband.
(b) Tamar's mother's own father.
(c) Tamar's mother's neighbor.
(d) Tamar's brother.

2. What game does the narrator of "Future Emergencies" play with her partner?
(a) Chess.
(b) Operation.
(c) Scrabble.
(d) Dominoes.

3. What does the narrator do when she thinks she sees Ershadi in real life?
(a) Walks after him to speak to him.
(b) Runs away because she is embarrassed to be such a big fan.
(c) Ignores him.
(d) Calls out lines from her favorite film of his.

4. How long ago did the famous landscape architect say he planted some of the trees in his works?
(a) One hundred years ago.
(b) Twenty years ago.
(c) More than half a century ago.
(d) Ten years ago.

5. What does the narrator say a garden depends on?
(a) The rain.
(b) The wind.
(c) The sun.
(d) The clouds.

6. Where does the narrator meet Sophie years after they lose touch?
(a) A musuem.
(b) The hospital.
(c) A refugee camp.
(d) A restaurant.

7. Who is the man Sophie has as a partner for many years?
(a) Eli.
(b) Ben.
(c) David.
(d) Ezra.

8. When did Romi's parents divorce in "Seeing Ershadi"?
(a) They did not divorce.
(b) When she was 3.
(c) When she was 10.
(d) When she was 15.

9. Where does the narrator travel as part of her job in the story "Seeing Ershadi"?
(a) Japan.
(b) France.
(c) Australia.
(d) Spain.

10. What do the narrator and the landscape architect do in their last years together?
(a) Separate.
(b) Travel.
(c) Take dance classes.
(d) Play chess.

11. Who comes to Tamar's mother's door with shocking news in the story "The Husband"?
(a) Her son.
(b) The police.
(c) Her brother-in-law.
(d) Social Services.

12. What country is the narrator's partner originally from in "Future Emergencies"?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Spain.

13. Which very famous film director's work does the narrator spend a few weeks watching?
(a) Ingmar Bergman.
(b) Kathryn Bigelow.
(c) Francis Ford Coppola.
(d) James Cameron.

14. What is Ershadi's character in the narrator's favorite film with Ershadi considering in the film?
(a) Having a child.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Retirement.

15. What does the narrator of "Future Emergencies" discover a few weeks after the emergency?
(a) She has cancer.
(b) She can cook well, too.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) Her partner is cheating on her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What medication does the narrator take to soothe her sore ankle?

2. Where do Shlomi and his partner go to find a surrogate parent for their child?

3. Who is the narrator's closest friend during the early part of the story "Seeing Ershadi"?

4. Who does Tamar's mother ask for help before she lets the strangers in at her door in the story "The Husband"?

5. What does the narrator's partner in "Future Emergencies" think about the Middle Ages, according to her?

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