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

2. Who comes to see the landscape architect and takes him away for a time?
(a) The generals.
(b) The president.
(c) The priests.
(d) The dancers.

3. What does one of the influential visitors to the landscape architect lose that the narrator finds?
(a) His knife.
(b) Sunglasses.
(c) His gun.
(d) His wallet.

4. Who does Tamar's mother ask for help before she lets the strangers in at her door in the story "The Husband"?
(a) The police.
(b) The woman next door.
(c) The new father from the floor above her apartment.
(d) Her son.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator travel as part of her job in the story "Seeing Ershadi"?

2. What is Tamar's brother's nickname for her that goes back to childhood?

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

4. Where does the narrator move a few years after 9/11 in the story "Amour"?

5. What does the narrator tell the landscape architect about his gardens at one point in relation to God?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. What does the famous landscape architect instruct the narrator to do upon his death?

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

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