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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 the narrator tell the reader about the ending to her favorite Ershadi film?
(a) It is happy.
(b) It is predictable.
(c) It is utterly jarring.
(d) It is sad.

2. What does the narrator of "Future Emergencies" see someone wearing some time after the emergency that startles her?
(a) Fire gear.
(b) A helmet.
(c) A gas mask.
(d) Water-proof shoes.

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

4. What impresses Shlomi about "the husband" that he tells Tamar during their first phone conversation about him?
(a) He has won a Pulitzer Prize.
(b) He has a Fields Medal.
(c) He is very wealthy.
(d) He has an Erdos number of one.

5. What does the city pass out to all its residents in the story "Future Emergencies"?
(a) Gas masks.
(b) Socks.
(c) Tylenol.
(d) Oranges.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tamar's mother live in Tel Aviv in the story "The Husband"?

2. What do the narrator and the landscape architect do in their last years together?

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

4. Where does the narrator mostly practice her job?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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