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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. What does Romi tell the narrator she noticed for the first time some years after watching their favorite Ershadi film upon a second viewing of the film?
(a) Ershadi looks much older in the film than she realized.
(b) She actually likes the other actor in the film better than she likes Ershadi.
(c) The screen is not really black at the end and the viewer can see rain falling.
(d) Ershadi never smiles in the film.

2. In the story "Amour," where do Sophie and Ezra originally meet?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) New York City.
(c) Blessington.
(d) Tel Aviv.

3. What makes Sophie realize that she ultimately did not want to marry Ezra?
(a) Ezra did not want children and Sophie did.
(b) Ezra's family was too hard for Sophie to deal with.
(c) Ezra never said please.
(d) A friend offered her his coat and she realized Ezra was never thoughtful enough to do something like that.

4. What happens to the narrator spontaneously during her job in the story "Seeing Ershadi"?
(a) She cries.
(b) She gets headaches.
(c) She has terrible flashbacks to her childhood trauma.
(d) She faints.

5. What game does the narrator of "Future Emergencies" play with her partner?
(a) Scrabble.
(b) Chess.
(c) Dominoes.
(d) Operation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Tamar's brother?

2. What does Tamar's mother do with "the husband" that she never does on her own?

3. Who tells the narrator that she has also had a strange experience with Ershadi?

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

5. Who is the narrator's closest friend during the early part of the story "Seeing Ershadi"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What prompts the narrator to get back in touch with Romi again after many years of not communicating?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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