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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. Where had Marie lived right before coming to Switzerland?

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

3. What does the stranger assume about the narrator in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?

4. What kind of illness does Brodman have in the story "Zusya on the Roof"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one major thing that surprises the narrator in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart is Awake" after her father's death?

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

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

4. Why does Brodman take his infant grandson to the roof at the end of the story?

5. 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"?

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

7. When does the narrator of "Switzerland" start to realize Soraya might actually be in real danger?

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

9. In "Switzerland," what is the narrator's father's relationship to physical trauma?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What events, circumstances, or other character(s) change the relationship dynamics between Tamar and her family - and especially the character Sandor - in the story "The Husband"? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Krauss introduces many characters over several different stories who are experiencing grief over the death of a loved one. Write an essay analyzing Krauss's treatment of the themes of grief and death.

Essay Topic 3

In the story "Future Emergencies," what is the symbolism of the gas masks, and why does the unnamed narrator get so upset at seeing victor wear his? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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