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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. How do the narrator and the person she lives with first meet in the story "Future Emergencies"?
(a) He was once her neighbor.
(b) He is her younger brother's friend.
(c) They met in a book club.
(d) He is her former professor.

2. What do the generals use one of the landscape architect's parks that he designed for?
(a) To store their weapons.
(b) To bury bodies of people they executed.
(c) To start a new playground for children.
(d) To place sculptures of themselves.

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

4. What is the landscape architect squeamish about?
(a) The sight of his own blood.
(b) High notes in music.
(c) Mud.
(d) Bugs.

5. What does Sophie look like when the narrator first encounters her in the refugee camp?
(a) Resilient and determined.
(b) Much younger than the last time he saw her.
(c) As if she is in bad shape.
(d) Healthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game does the narrator of "Future Emergencies" play with her partner?

2. Who does the narrator live with in the story "Future Emergencies"?

3. Who is the man Sophie has as a partner for many years?

4. What does the narrator of "Future Emergencies" see someone wearing some time after the emergency that startles her?

5. What is one skill the narrator's partner in "Future Emergencies" has that she appreciates?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator in the story "Seeing Ershadi" think about the film Taste of Cherry?

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

4. What is the ultimate reason the authorities give for distributing gas masks?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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