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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brodman's wife show him that she has bought for the baby that enrages him?
(a) An outfit with crowns on it.
(b) A moses basket.
(c) A rattle with silver.
(d) A rattle with gold.

2. Where does the narrator meet Soraya in the story "Switzerland"?
(a) New York.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Israel.
(d) Germany.

3. When does Mrs. Elderfield realize the trouble Soraya is actually in?
(a) When the police bring Soraya home.
(b) When Soraya's sister calls to tell Mrs. Elderfield what is really going on.
(c) When Soraya's mother comes looking for her.
(d) When Soraya fails to come home one night.

4. Who is Brodman's wife?
(a) Mira.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Zoe.
(d) Sarah.

5. What does Noa do with her coworker as they wait at the bride's house for their boss?
(a) Writes a story.
(b) Smokes marijuana.
(c) Has sex.
(d) Does the crossword.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Soraya having dinner with when she first meets the businessman?

2. Where does the narrator like to try on clothes after school in the story "Switzerland"?

3. What does the narrator spend hours after school doing in "Switzerland"?

4. What is the narrator's father's first name?

5. What did Noa call her father for one summer on the kibbutz, but dropped when they returned home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the narrator of "Switzerland" so transfixed by Soraya?

2. As an elderly man, what is Brodman's own assessment of the job he did as a father to two daughters?

3. What does the narrator initially think of Boaz when he shows up unexpectedly at her father's apartment?

4. In "Switzerland," what is the narrator's father's relationship to physical trauma?

5. What task does Noa have to perform to help her parents' divorce become finalized?

6. Who, shockingly, reminds the narrator of "Switzerland" of Soraya decades after they have lived together, and how does this person remind her of Soraya?

7. What is one major thing that surprises the narrator in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart is Awake" after her father's death?

8. What do Marie, Soraya, and the narrator all have in common in the story "Switzerland"?

9. What is one major aspect of Leonard's and Monica's divorce that bothers Noa in the story "End Days?"

10. In the story "Zusya on the Roof," what physical problems has Brodman just started to overcome?

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