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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. Whose clothes does Brodman wear to his grandchild's bris?
(a) His best friend's.
(b) His son's.
(c) His brother's.
(d) His neighbor's.

2. Where does the narrator's father die in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?
(a) New York.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Miami.

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

4. What does the narrator find herself thinking that no place in Tel Aviv is ever far from?
(a) The stars.
(b) The temple.
(c) The sea.
(d) The market.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a random stranger say to the narrator during the narrator's youth that shakes her and that she never forgets?

2. What major life event happens in Brodman's family while he is in a coma?

3. How does Soraya get in touch with the businessman to arrange meetings in the beginning of their relationship?

4. Who is Brodman's wife?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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"?

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

4. 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?

5. Why does Brodman take his infant grandson to the roof at the end of the story?

6. What understanding passes between the bride and Noa about parents during their brief meeting?

7. 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?

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

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

10. When does the narrator of "Switzerland" start to realize Soraya might actually be in real danger?

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