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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What irrational thought does the narrator have when she thinks she sees Ershadi for the first time in real life?
(a) They might be lovers.
(b) He looks like he is lonely.
(c) She can save him from the fate of his character in her favorite film of his.
(d) He looks like he is about to die.

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

3. What does the narrator tell the landscape architect about his gardens at one point in relation to God?
(a) God dwells in his gardens.
(b) God probably uses his gardens as insipration.
(c) God has shunned his gardens.
(d) God is indifferent to his gardens.

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

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

6. 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 gas mask.
(d) A helmet.

7. Who tells the narrator that she has also had a strange experience with Ershadi?
(a) The narrator's boss.
(b) Henry.
(c) Romi.
(d) The narrator's boyfriend.

8. What does the city's mayor ultimately tell the public about the emergency in "Future Emergencies"?
(a) It was all just a drill.
(b) It was due to wildfire fumes.
(c) It was due to a chemical spill.
(d) It was due to pollen.

9. 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) Three Winds.
(c) Robleton.
(d) The Sanctuary.

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

11. In the story "Amour," where do Sophie and Ezra originally meet?
(a) New York City.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Tel Aviv.
(d) Blessington.

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

13. What impresses Shlomi about "the husband" that he tells Tamar during their first phone conversation about him?
(a) He has an Erdos number of one.
(b) He has a Fields Medal.
(c) He has won a Pulitzer Prize.
(d) He is very wealthy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one of the influential visitors to the landscape architect lose that the narrator finds?

2. Where does the narrator meet Sophie years after they lose touch?

3. How do the narrator and the person she lives with first meet in the story "Future Emergencies"?

4. What makes Sophie realize that she ultimately did not want to marry Ezra?

5. What is the landscape architect squeamish about?

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