View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What preoccupies the narrator as she trails Boaz through the streets of Tel Aviv?

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

3. What does Noa do with her coworker as they wait at the bride's house for their boss?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. As an elderly man, what is Brodman's own assessment of the job he did as a father to two daughters?

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

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

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

5. What does the narrator initially think of Boaz when he shows up unexpectedly at her father's apartment?

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

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

8. What conclusion does the narrator in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart is Awake" come to about her father's feelings for New York and Tel Aviv?

9. What is one major aspect of Leonard's and Monica's divorce that bothers Noa in the story "End Days?"

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the story "Switzerland," what connections or parallels does Krauss draw between very young women's burgeoning sexuality, power, and vulnerability? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What connections does Krauss draw between illness, death, rebirth, and renewal in the story "Zusya on the Roof"? How has Brodman's character changed in significant ways from the beginning of the story to the end? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 772 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample