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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Noa meet at the rabbi's house when she goes to drop off the papers?

2. What is the name of the only person at the rabbi's house when Noa arrives?

3. Where does Brodman take his infant grandson without telling anyone in the end of the story?

4. Where does Marie go during the Christmas break from school?

5. Who is Noa's sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the narrator of "Switzerland" so transfixed by Soraya?

2. How and to whom does Noa lose her virginity?

3. What is the narrator's strange dream in the beginning of the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart is Awake"?

4. What task does Noa have to perform to help her parents' divorce become finalized?

5. How does the narrator meet Soraya in the story "Switzerland"?

6. What does the narrator seem to gather about Boaz's trip that she follows him on in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart is Awake"?

7. When and how does Soraya's relationship with the Dutch banker come crashing down?

8. What does the ordeal of delivering the flowers for the wedding through the wildfire seem to symbolize for Noa?

9. How does Brodman's wife Mira treat him in general?

10. In the story "Zusya on the Roof," what physical problems has Brodman just started to overcome?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the story "The Husband," what initially makes Tamar so angry at hearing her mother's story of her visit from social services in Tel Aviv, during which she is told her long-lost "husband" has been found? Why does Tamar get so angry at this? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay discussing Krauss's treatment of the themes of both familial and religious obligations in the story "Zusya on the Roof."

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay comparing and contrasting the narrator's and the famous landscape architect's feelings about and approaches to nature in the story "In the Garden," citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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