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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the generals use one of the landscape architect's parks that he designed for?
(a) To store their weapons.
(b) To bury bodies of people they executed.
(c) To place sculptures of themselves.
(d) To start a new playground for children.

2. What does the narrator of "Future Emergencies" say about her partner's sense of humor?
(a) It is non-existant.
(b) It is just like her own sense of humor.
(c) It is unusual.
(d) It is revolting.

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

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

5. What does Sophie often do in the refugee camp to entertain others?
(a) Tells stories she has made up.
(b) Sings.
(c) Tells the stories of plots of movies.
(d) Dances.

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

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

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

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

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

11. What are the lower gardens in the heart of the public park replaced with, at the generals' behest?
(a) A field of wildflowers.
(b) A deep and shimmering lake.
(c) A pile of dirt.
(d) A new grove of trees.

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

13. Which boyfriend of Romi's has a tendency to be possessive of her?
(a) Haroumi.
(b) Mark.
(c) Eli.
(d) Ryan.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the landscape architect squeamish about?

2. What does the narrator's partner buy in preparation for the emergency in "Future Emergencies"?

3. Where does the narrator move a few years after 9/11 in the story "Amour"?

4. What happens in the landscape architect's final years?

5. 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"?

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