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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 makes the narrator think of Ershadi again for the first time years after she thinks she saw him in real life?
(a) She sees a report that Ershadi has died.
(b) She comes across an Ershadi film on television.
(c) She passes a poster for her favorite Ershadi film playing in her neighborhood.
(d) Her husband tells her he loved Ershadi films too.

2. Where is the narrator often drawn to at Three Winds?
(a) The chapel.
(b) The lake.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The pine grove.

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

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

5. What does the narrator do when she thinks she sees Ershadi in real life?
(a) Walks after him to speak to him.
(b) Calls out lines from her favorite film of his.
(c) Runs away because she is embarrassed to be such a big fan.
(d) Ignores him.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the landscape architect squeamish about?

4. In the story "In the Garden," what does the narrator do for a living?

5. In the story "Amour," where do Sophie and Ezra originally meet?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What irrational thought does the narrator have as she tries to catch up with Ershadi in the Zen garden?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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