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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 actor does the narrator feel is beautiful enough to live forever?
(a) Louis Garrel.
(b) Richard Robel.
(c) Jean-Claude Van Damme.
(d) Henry Robinson.

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

3. Who tells the narrator that she has also had a strange experience with Ershadi?
(a) Henry.
(b) The narrator's boss.
(c) Romi.
(d) The narrator's boyfriend.

4. What does Sophie look like when the narrator first encounters her in the refugee camp?
(a) Much younger than the last time he saw her.
(b) Healthy.
(c) Resilient and determined.
(d) As if she is in bad shape.

5. Who is Tamar's brother?
(a) Sandor.
(b) Henry.
(c) Shlomi.
(d) Ben.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Ershadi's character in the narrator's favorite film of his?

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

3. Where do Shlomi and his partner go to find a surrogate parent for their child?

4. Where does the narrator mostly practice her job?

5. What does the narrator say a garden depends on?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Sophie deal with her first breakup from Ezra?

3. What discovery at the end of the story "Future Emergencies" changes the path of the narrator's and Victor's relationship?

4. What view of nature does the landscape architect have?

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

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

7. What is the narrator's reaction when she thinks she sees the actor Ershadi in real life?

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

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

10. 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"?

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