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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 mostly practice her job?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Tel Aviv.

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

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

4. What does Tamar's mother do with "the husband" that she never does on her own?
(a) Goes gambling.
(b) Goes for a drink in a bar.
(c) Goes out to dinner in a restaurant.
(d) Goes to the beach.

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

6. What does the city pass out to all its residents in the story "Future Emergencies"?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Socks.
(c) Gas masks.
(d) Tylenol.

7. How does the landscape architect describe himself?
(a) As a religious man.
(b) As a scholar.
(c) As a pragmatist.
(d) As a realist and an man of the earth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What makes the narrator think of Ershadi again for the first time years after she thinks she saw him in real life?

3. What does the narrator tell the reader about the ending to her favorite Ershadi film?

4. When do Sophie and Ezra get back together again after an initial break-up?

5. What does the narrator do when she thinks she sees Ershadi in real life?

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