View a FREE sample

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 it all under control.
(b) That Soraya is getting paid well.
(c) That Soraya has told her parents about the banker.
(d) That Soraya will drop out of school.

2. What does the bride ask Noa to do for her?
(a) Zip her dress.
(b) Get her a drink.
(c) Bring her a slice of pizza.
(d) Do her makeup.

3. Who are Noa's parents?
(a) Leonard and Monica.
(b) David and Sarah.
(c) Leonard and Ruth.
(d) Monica and David.

4. What event in Brodman's life led to a period of depression for him?
(a) His son's death.
(b) His brother's death.
(c) His mother's hospitalization.
(d) His father's death.

5. When did the narrator's mother pass away?
(a) When she was eight.
(b) When she was fourteen.
(c) When she was three.
(d) When she was twenty.

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

3. What does the narrator do impulsively involving the stranger one night in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?

4. What kind of illness does Brodman have in the story "Zusya on the Roof"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How and to whom does Noa lose her virginity?

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

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

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

8. 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"?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 760 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample