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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 keep on his windowsill?
(a) A picture of his father.
(b) A picture of his mother.
(c) An emerald.
(d) A little pewter box.

2. What medication does the narrator take to soothe her sore ankle?
(a) Tylenol.
(b) Advil.
(c) Aspirin.
(d) Zyrtec.

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

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

5. How does the landscape architect describe himself?
(a) As a pragmatist.
(b) As a religious man.
(c) As a scholar.
(d) As a realist and an man of the earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was going on in Romi's life when she first saw the narrator's favorite Ershadi film?

2. What is Ershadi's character in the narrator's favorite film with Ershadi considering in the film?

3. What makes the narrator think of Ershadi again for the first time years after she thinks she saw him in real life?

4. What does the narrator of "Future Emergencies" say about her partner's sense of humor?

5. 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"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In the story "Amour," where does the narrator encounter Sophie again years after first meeting her?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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