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

2. Where does the narrator like to try on clothes after school in the story "Switzerland"?
(a) Debenham's.
(b) H and M.
(c) Oasis.
(d) Cross.

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

4. Where does Marie go during the Christmas break from school?
(a) Boston.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator see concerning Soraya that alarms her after she has been seeing the businessman for a while?

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"?

3. What does Carol do abroad that Brodman does not understand?

4. Who does the narrator in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart is Awake" dream is at the apartment door in the start of the story?

5. When did the narrator's mother pass away?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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