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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the narrator's partner buy in preparation for the emergency in "Future Emergencies"?
(a) More food than usual.
(b) Bleach.
(c) Tape for the windows.
(d) Gasoline.

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

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

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

9. What does the narrator think is the most extraordinary thing about the ending of her favorite Ershadi film?
(a) Ershadi's character survives.
(b) Ershadi becomes a ghost.
(c) The viewer does not ever really know what happens to Ershadi.
(d) Ershadi sacrifices himself for his lover.

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

11. When do Sophie and Ezra get back together again after an initial break-up?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2020.
(d) 2030.

12. What does the narrator of "Future Emergencies" say about her partner's sense of humor?
(a) It is non-existant.
(b) It is unusual.
(c) It is revolting.
(d) It is just like her own sense of humor.

13. What does the narrator keep on his windowsill?
(a) A picture of his mother.
(b) A little pewter box.
(c) An emerald.
(d) A picture of his father.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do many people think a piece of black plastic that hangs on a fence in the refugee camp looks like?

2. What is Tamar's mother's name in the story "The Husband"?

3. In the story "Amour," where do Sophie and Ezra originally meet?

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

5. What irrational thought does the narrator have when she thinks she sees Ershadi for the first time in real life?

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