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

2. Who is the person who comes unannounced to the narrator's father's apartment?
(a) Boaz.
(b) Joshua.
(c) Henry.
(d) James.

3. What does the narrator do impulsively involving the stranger one night in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?
(a) Asks him to tell her something about her father.
(b) Asks him out to dinner.
(c) Follows him when he goes out.
(d) Asks him to teach her a new language.

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

5. Who is the friend of the narrator's father who gives her the keys for his apartment?
(a) Henry.
(b) Boaz.
(c) Zusya.
(d) Koren.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is threatening the area where Noa lives?

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

3. What event in Brodman's life led to a period of depression for him?

4. Who says something to Brodman loudly at the Bris that makes Brodman uncomfortable?

5. Whose clothes does Brodman wear to his grandchild's bris?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator do for a living in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart is Awake" and how does she feel about her work?

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

4. What does the ordeal of delivering the flowers for the wedding through the wildfire seem to symbolize for Noa?

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

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

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

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

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 conclusion does the narrator in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart is Awake" come to about her father's feelings for New York and Tel Aviv?

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