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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 does Tamar's mother live in Tel Aviv in the story "The Husband"?
(a) Barabella Sreet.
(b) Tchernichovsky Street.
(c) Avenue B.
(d) Shalom Street.

2. What does the narrator tell the landscape architect about his gardens at one point in relation to God?
(a) God probably uses his gardens as insipration.
(b) God is indifferent to his gardens.
(c) God dwells in his gardens.
(d) God has shunned his gardens.

3. What is the name of the estate the narrator says only the luckiest would get to see the garden of in the story "In the Garden"?
(a) The Sanctuary.
(b) Five Clouds.
(c) Three Winds.
(d) Robleton.

4. What does the narrator's partner in "Future Emergencies" think about the Middle Ages, according to her?
(a) They are often misunderstood.
(b) They were exemplary times.
(c) They are a good example of why men should be educated and women should not.
(d) They were more passionate times than modern times are.

5. Where does the narrator meet Sophie years after they lose touch?
(a) A refugee camp.
(b) The hospital.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A musuem.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What is Tamar's mother's name in the story "The Husband"?

4. What does the narrator of "Future Emergencies" discover a few weeks after the emergency?

5. What do many people think a piece of black plastic that hangs on a fence in the refugee camp looks like?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Sophie sometimes do in the refugee camp to keep the others amused?

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

6. 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"?

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

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

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

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

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