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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color are Sophie's eyes in the story "Amour"?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Gray.
(d) Blue.

2. What medication does the narrator take to soothe her sore ankle?
(a) Tylenol.
(b) Aspirin.
(c) Advil.
(d) Zyrtec.

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

4. What does Sophie look like when the narrator first encounters her in the refugee camp?
(a) Resilient and determined.
(b) Healthy.
(c) Much younger than the last time he saw her.
(d) As if she is in bad shape.

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

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

7. What does the narrator do most days after work?
(a) Goes for a large dinner.
(b) Calls her boyfriend.
(c) Walks to the sea or goes home to watch a movie.
(d) Calls her mother.

8. What does "the husband" hold, unexpectedly, when Tamar's mother first meets him in her apartment?
(a) The kitten.
(b) The neighbor's baby.
(c) The puppy.
(d) The tea kettle.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does the narrator mostly practice her job?

4. What is the name of Ershadi's character in the narrator's favorite film of his?

5. What is the landscape architect squeamish about?

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