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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Tamar's brother's nickname for her that goes back to childhood?
(a) Marie.
(b) Tammy.
(c) Tam.
(d) Tash.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who does Tamar's mother ask for help before she lets the strangers in at her door in the story "The Husband"?
(a) Her son.
(b) The new father from the floor above her apartment.
(c) The woman next door.
(d) The police.

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

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

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

13. In the story "In the Garden," what does the narrator do for a living?
(a) He is a weaver.
(b) He is the personal secretary to Latin America's greatest landscape architect.
(c) He is a dancer.
(d) He is a musician.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the narrator and the landscape architect do in their last years together?

2. Who does Tamar's mother's visitor tell her the old man he has brought with him is?

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

4. What does Tamar's mother do with "the husband" that she never does on her own?

5. What is Ershadi's character in the narrator's favorite film with Ershadi considering in the film?

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