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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the estate the narrator says only the luckiest would get to see the garden of in the story "In the Garden"?
(a) Five Clouds.
(b) The Sanctuary.
(c) Robleton.
(d) Three Winds.

2. What does Romi tell the narrator she noticed for the first time some years after watching their favorite Ershadi film upon a second viewing of the film?
(a) Ershadi looks much older in the film than she realized.
(b) She actually likes the other actor in the film better than she likes Ershadi.
(c) The screen is not really black at the end and the viewer can see rain falling.
(d) Ershadi never smiles in the film.

3. What does the narrator of "Future Emergencies" see someone wearing some time after the emergency that startles her?
(a) Water-proof shoes.
(b) Fire gear.
(c) A helmet.
(d) A gas mask.

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

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

6. What does the narrator keep on his windowsill?
(a) A little pewter box.
(b) A picture of his father.
(c) A picture of his mother.
(d) An emerald.

7. Who is the narrator's closest friend during the early part of the story "Seeing Ershadi"?
(a) Henley.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Romi.
(d) Sarah.

8. What happens in the landscape architect's final years?
(a) He works all the time.
(b) He does not have many friends left.
(c) He completely stops working.
(d) He gets married several times.

9. What was going on in Romi's life when she first saw the narrator's favorite Ershadi film?
(a) Her father was dying.
(b) She was getting married.
(c) She was pregnant with her first child.
(d) She had just dropped out of school.

10. What does the narrator tell the reader about the ending to her favorite Ershadi film?
(a) It is utterly jarring.
(b) It is sad.
(c) It is happy.
(d) It is predictable.

11. What does the landscape architect say about nature?
(a) It is constant.
(b) It is rare.
(c) It is cruel and conniving.
(d) It is peaceful.

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

13. Where does Tamar's mother live in Tel Aviv in the story "The Husband"?
(a) Barabella Sreet.
(b) Tchernichovsky Street.
(c) Shalom Street.
(d) Avenue B.

14. What is the name of Ershadi's character in the narrator's favorite film of his?
(a) Mr. Smithi.
(b) Mr. Badii.
(c) Mr. Exadi.
(d) Mr. Zatani.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator experience while climbing the Duomo in Italy?

2. What job does the narrator have in the story "Seeing Ershadi"?

3. How does the landscape architect describe himself?

4. What do the generals use one of the landscape architect's parks that he designed for?

5. What are the lower gardens in the heart of the public park replaced with, at the generals' behest?

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