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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 pregnant with her first child.
(c) She was getting married.
(d) She had just dropped out of school.

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

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

6. 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 gas mask.
(d) A helmet.

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

8. What makes Sophie realize that she ultimately did not want to marry Ezra?
(a) A friend offered her his coat and she realized Ezra was never thoughtful enough to do something like that.
(b) Ezra did not want children and Sophie did.
(c) Ezra never said please.
(d) Ezra's family was too hard for Sophie to deal with.

9. What does one of the influential visitors to the landscape architect lose that the narrator finds?
(a) His wallet.
(b) Sunglasses.
(c) His gun.
(d) His knife.

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

11. Where does Tamar live?
(a) New York City.
(b) Paris.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Barcelona.

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

13. Where was the landscape architect's mother born?
(a) Austria.
(b) Germany.
(c) The Cascades.
(d) The Carpathian Mountains.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which actor does the narrator feel is beautiful enough to live forever?

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

3. What impresses Shlomi about "the husband" that he tells Tamar during their first phone conversation about him?

4. Where does Tamar's mother live in Tel Aviv in the story "The Husband"?

5. What does the city pass out to all its residents in the story "Future Emergencies"?

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