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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 the narrator never doubt concerning Soraya in regards to her relationship with the businessman?
(a) That Soraya has told her parents about the banker.
(b) That Soraya will drop out of school.
(c) That Soraya has it all under control.
(d) That Soraya is getting paid well.

2. What does the narrator find in the drawer of her father's night table in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?
(a) A small leather photo album.
(b) A gun.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A knife.

3. What kind of illness does Brodman have in the story "Zusya on the Roof"?
(a) Multiple Sclerosis.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) The Flu.

4. Where does Noa's mother travel right after the divorce?
(a) Berlin.
(b) London.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Vienna.

5. What happens at the rabbi's house that Noa would never have expected?
(a) She swims in the rabbi's pool.
(b) Her car breaks down outside the the rabbi helps her fix it.
(c) She has a heart attack.
(d) She loses her virginity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator meet Soraya in the story "Switzerland"?

2. What does Noa do with her coworker as they wait at the bride's house for their boss?

3. Where does Noa work?

4. What does Noa have to deliver to the rabbi in the story "End Days"?

5. Where is the narrator's father's apartment that she stays in in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. When and how does Soraya's relationship with the Dutch banker come crashing down?

7. What event coincides with Brodman's near-death experience?

8. What difference of opinion do Noa and her sister Rachel have about Leonard's and Monica's divorce?

9. What does the narrator seem to gather about Boaz's trip that she follows him on in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart is Awake"?

10. What is the narrator's strange dream in the beginning of the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart is Awake"?

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