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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 notice about the stranger's habits who comes to stay at her father's apartment?
(a) He is a terrible cook.
(b) He is a very sound sleeper.
(c) He never seems to sleep.
(d) He never brushes his teeth.

2. Who performs Noa's parents' divorce ceremony?
(a) Rabbi Wyland.
(b) Rabbi Strauss.
(c) Rabbi Helmand.
(d) Rabbi Shemkin.

3. Who does Noa meet at the rabbi's house when she goes to drop off the papers?
(a) Her old teacher.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) The rabbi's son.
(d) Her sister.

4. What does the narrator spend hours after school doing in "Switzerland"?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Wandering around Geneva.
(c) Running track.
(d) Going to cheerleading practice.

5. Who does Noa do her deliveries for work with?
(a) Randy.
(b) Flora.
(c) Henry.
(d) Nick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What startles the narrator in "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake" in the very end of the story?

2. When does Mrs. Elderfield realize the trouble Soraya is actually in?

3. Where does Brodman take his infant grandson without telling anyone in the end of the story?

4. Who comes to Mrs. Elderfield's house after Mrs. Elderfield calls him out of concern for Soraya?

5. Who reminds the narrator of Soraya years after the narrator's contact with Soraya?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

6. How does the narrator meet Soraya in the story "Switzerland"?

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

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

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

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

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