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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. Who is the narrator's closest friend during the early part of the story "Seeing Ershadi"?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Romi.
(c) Henley.
(d) Rachel.

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

3. What does the narrator say a garden depends on?
(a) The wind.
(b) The sun.
(c) The clouds.
(d) The rain.

4. 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) The screen is not really black at the end and the viewer can see rain falling.
(b) She actually likes the other actor in the film better than she likes Ershadi.
(c) Ershadi looks much older in the film than she realized.
(d) Ershadi never smiles in the film.

5. 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 is very wealthy.
(c) He has a Fields Medal.
(d) He has an Erdos number of one.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What medication does the narrator take to soothe her sore ankle?

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

4. What does Sophie look like when the narrator first encounters her in the refugee camp?

5. When did Romi's parents divorce in "Seeing Ershadi"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What do the generals persuade the landscape architect to do in the story "In the Garden?"

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