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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. Who is supposed to check on Noa while her parents are out of the country?
(a) Her uncle, Rabbi Strauss.
(b) Jack and Roberta Berkowitz, her parents' oldest friends.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her grandmother.

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

3. What makes Mrs. Elderfield tighten the rules and regulations in her house further?
(a) Soraya begins failing school.
(b) The narrator gets arrested.
(c) Marie gets into the cooking wine.
(d) Marie runs away.

4. What does Noa have to deliver to the rabbi in the story "End Days"?
(a) Her parents' judgement of divorce papers.
(b) Her ring.
(c) Her baby's outfit for the bris.
(d) Her father's check.

5. Who is Noa's sister?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Deborah.
(d) Sarah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator never doubt concerning Soraya in regards to her relationship with the businessman?

2. Where does the narrator meet Soraya in the story "Switzerland"?

3. Where had Marie lived right before coming to Switzerland?

4. Where does Noa's mother travel right after the divorce?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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