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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 the person who comes unannounced to the narrator's father's apartment?
(a) Joshua.
(b) Henry.
(c) Boaz.
(d) James.
2. How does the narrator describe her cousins in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?
(a) As indifferent people.
(b) As suspicious people.
(c) As hard, unsparing people.
(d) As friendly, open people.
3. 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"?
(a) A small leather photo album.
(b) A knife.
(c) A gun.
(d) A Bible.
4. Who does Noa do her deliveries for work with?
(a) Randy.
(b) Flora.
(c) Nick.
(d) Henry.
5. When does Mrs. Elderfield realize the trouble Soraya is actually in?
(a) When the police bring Soraya home.
(b) When Soraya fails to come home one night.
(c) When Soraya's mother comes looking for her.
(d) When Soraya's sister calls to tell Mrs. Elderfield what is really going on.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator find herself thinking that no place in Tel Aviv is ever far from?
2. What does the narrator in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake" do for a living?
3. What preoccupies the narrator as she trails Boaz through the streets of Tel Aviv?
4. What is threatening the area where Noa lives?
5. Who comes to Mrs. Elderfield's house after Mrs. Elderfield calls him out of concern for Soraya?
Short Essay Questions
1. When does the narrator of "Switzerland" start to realize Soraya might actually be in real danger?
2. As an elderly man, what is Brodman's own assessment of the job he did as a father to two daughters?
3. How and to whom does Noa lose her virginity?
4. Why does Brodman take his infant grandson to the roof at the end of the story?
5. What do Marie, Soraya, and the narrator all have in common in the story "Switzerland"?
6. In the story "Zusya on the Roof," what physical problems has Brodman just started to overcome?
7. 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?
8. What understanding passes between the bride and Noa about parents during their brief meeting?
9. When and how does Soraya's relationship with the Dutch banker come crashing down?
10. How does Brodman's wife Mira treat him in general?
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