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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man who visits Tamar's mother tell Tamar's mother about his own family?
(a) His grandparents lost each other during the war.
(b) His father was lost in the war.
(c) His grandparents never got married.
(d) His mother died when he was a baby.

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

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

4. Who comes to see the landscape architect and takes him away for a time?
(a) The priests.
(b) The dancers.
(c) The president.
(d) The generals.

5. What is one skill the narrator's partner in "Future Emergencies" has that she appreciates?
(a) He is a talented plumber.
(b) He is a good woodworker.
(c) He is a skilled gardener.
(d) He cooks well.

6. Where is the narrator often drawn to at Three Winds?
(a) The lake.
(b) The chapel.
(c) The pine grove.
(d) The kitchen.

7. What irrational thought does the narrator have when she thinks she sees Ershadi for the first time in real life?
(a) She can save him from the fate of his character in her favorite film of his.
(b) They might be lovers.
(c) He looks like he is about to die.
(d) He looks like he is lonely.

8. Where does the narrator move a few years after 9/11 in the story "Amour"?
(a) London.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Paris.

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

10. Where do Shlomi and his partner go to find a surrogate parent for their child?
(a) China.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Nepal.
(d) Brazil.

11. Which actor does the narrator feel is beautiful enough to live forever?
(a) Richard Robel.
(b) Louis Garrel.
(c) Henry Robinson.
(d) Jean-Claude Van Damme.

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

13. When do Sophie and Ezra get back together again after an initial break-up?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2020.
(c) 2030.
(d) 2000.

14. What does the narrator experience while climbing the Duomo in Italy?
(a) Extreme thirst.
(b) Extreme hunger.
(c) Vertigo.
(d) A fainting spell.

15. What do many people think a piece of black plastic that hangs on a fence in the refugee camp looks like?
(a) A coat.
(b) An animal.
(c) A trash bag.
(d) A flag.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator realize about herself one day early in the story "Seeing Ershadi" in relation to her work?

2. Who does the narrator live with in the story "Future Emergencies"?

3. Where does the narrator think she actually does see Ershadi in real life?

4. What does the narrator of "Future Emergencies" say about her partner's sense of humor?

5. What does Tamar's mother do with "the husband" that she never does on her own?

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