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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. Where does the narrator think she actually does see Ershadi in real life?
(a) In a restaurant in Barcelona.
(b) In the Sydney Opera House.
(c) In a museum in France.
(d) In a Zen garden in Japan.

2. What does the narrator say a garden depends on?
(a) The clouds.
(b) The wind.
(c) The rain.
(d) The sun.

3. Who is the man Sophie has as a partner for many years?
(a) David.
(b) Eli.
(c) Ben.
(d) Ezra.

4. What does the landscape architect say about nature?
(a) It is constant.
(b) It is rare.
(c) It is cruel and conniving.
(d) It is peaceful.

5. What does the narrator keep on his windowsill?
(a) A little pewter box.
(b) A picture of his mother.
(c) An emerald.
(d) A picture of his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do most days after work?

2. Where does the narrator mostly practice her job?

3. Which film of Ershadi's is the narrator's favorite?

4. What do the generals use one of the landscape architect's parks that he designed for?

5. What are the lower gardens in the heart of the public park replaced with, at the generals' behest?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the story "Amour," where does the narrator encounter Sophie again years after first meeting her?

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

3. In the story "The Husband," how does Tamar's mother Ilana meet "the husband," Sandor?

4. Why does the narrator think the person she passes on the street who is wearing a gas mask is wearing the mask at the end of "Future Emergencies"?

5. What is one clear event that Sophie remembers led to her and Ezra's final breakup?

6. How does the narrator in the story "In the Garden" convince the famous landscape architect to hire him?

7. What annoys Tamar about Ilana's story about how she met Sandor?

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

9. Why does Shlomi suggest Tamar does not like Ilana's relationship with Sandor?

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

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