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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. What does Carol do abroad that Brodman does not understand?

2. Where does Noa's mother travel right after the divorce?

3. What does Noa's neighbor, Mr. Frankel, bury in his yard?

4. What does the narrator notice about the stranger's habits who comes to stay at her father's apartment?

5. What does the narrator find in the drawer of her father's night table in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What difference of opinion do Noa and her sister Rachel have about Leonard's and Monica's divorce?

3. What event coincides with Brodman's near-death experience?

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. What does the narrator do for a living in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart is Awake" and how does she feel about her work?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Krauss chooses two settings repeatedly but not exclusively for the stories in this collection - Israel and New York. Write an essay exploring Krauss's descriptions and the characters' feelings towards these two places, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay discussing the tactics, style and tone Krauss employs to communicate the setting of the refugee camp to the reader in the story "Amour."

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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