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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. Which very famous film director's work does the narrator spend a few weeks watching?
(a) Ingmar Bergman.
(b) James Cameron.
(c) Francis Ford Coppola.
(d) Kathryn Bigelow.

2. What is the name of Ershadi's character in the narrator's favorite film of his?
(a) Mr. Smithi.
(b) Mr. Badii.
(c) Mr. Exadi.
(d) Mr. Zatani.

3. What does the narrator think is the most extraordinary thing about the ending of her favorite Ershadi film?
(a) Ershadi becomes a ghost.
(b) Ershadi sacrifices himself for his lover.
(c) Ershadi's character survives.
(d) The viewer does not ever really know what happens to Ershadi.

4. What is the landscape architect squeamish about?
(a) Bugs.
(b) The sight of his own blood.
(c) High notes in music.
(d) Mud.

5. Where do Shlomi and his partner go to find a surrogate parent for their child?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Nepal.
(c) Thailand.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the narrator and the person she lives with first meet in the story "Future Emergencies"?

2. How long ago did the famous landscape architect say he planted some of the trees in his works?

3. What is the name of the estate the narrator says only the luckiest would get to see the garden of in the story "In the Garden"?

4. What does the landscape architect say about nature?

5. What does the narrator keep on his windowsill?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the ultimate reason the authorities give for distributing gas masks?

2. How does the narrator in the story "Future Emergencies" feel about the gas masks?

3. What does Romi do to help the narrator when the narrator is in a crisis?

4. What experience does Romi tell the narrator about Ershadi?

5. What does Romi tell the narrator she sees differently watching the film Taste of Cherry years after seeing it for the first time?

6. How does Krauss explain the details of how the narrator and Sophie end up in a refugee camp?

7. What does Victor do to try to prepare for whatever disaster may befall them in the story "Future Emergencies"?

8. In the story "Future Emergencies," how does the narrator meet Victor?

9. What does the narrator in the story "Seeing Ershadi" think about the film Taste of Cherry?

10. What problems does the narrator in the story "Seeing Ershadi" have in her career?

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