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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 does Brodman take his infant grandson without telling anyone in the end of the story?
2. When does the businessman show up in Soraya's life for the first time?
3. Who is the person who comes unannounced to the narrator's father's apartment?
4. What does the bride ask Noa to do for her?
5. Who comes to Mrs. Elderfield's house after Mrs. Elderfield calls him out of concern for Soraya?
Short Essay Questions
1. When and how does Soraya's relationship with the Dutch banker come crashing down?
2. Who, shockingly, reminds the narrator of "Switzerland" of Soraya decades after they have lived together, and how does this person remind her of Soraya?
3. Why does Brodman take his infant grandson to the roof at the end of the story?
4. What is the narrator's strange dream in the beginning of the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart is Awake"?
5. What do Marie, Soraya, and the narrator all have in common in the story "Switzerland"?
6. How does Brodman's wife Mira treat him in general?
7. 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?
8. In the story "Zusya on the Roof," what physical problems has Brodman just started to overcome?
9. What task does Noa have to perform to help her parents' divorce become finalized?
10. What difference of opinion do Noa and her sister Rachel have about Leonard's and Monica's divorce?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How would you describe the unnamed narrator's feelings about the famous landscape architect's interactions with the generals in the story "In the Garden," which result in the generals using one of the architect's gardens to bury bodies of executed prisoners in? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Why does the unnamed narrator in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake" become so intrigued by Boaz, and what does this feeling on the part of the narrator seem to reveal about her relationship to her deceased father? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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