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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 is the friend of the narrator's father who gives her the keys for his apartment?
2. What does the visitor to the narrator's father's apartment make for her to eat in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?
3. What startles the narrator in "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake" in the very end of the story?
4. Whose clothes does Brodman wear to his grandchild's bris?
5. Who are Noa's parents?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. In "Switzerland," what is the narrator's father's relationship to physical trauma?
3. Who, shockingly, reminds the narrator of "Switzerland" of Soraya decades after they have lived together, and how does this person remind her of Soraya?
4. What event coincides with Brodman's near-death experience?
5. When does the narrator of "Switzerland" start to realize Soraya might actually be in real danger?
6. What is the narrator's strange dream in the beginning of the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart is Awake"?
7. What understanding passes between the bride and Noa about parents during their brief meeting?
8. What does the narrator initially think of Boaz when he shows up unexpectedly at her father's apartment?
9. In the story "Zusya on the Roof," what physical problems has Brodman just started to overcome?
10. As an elderly man, what is Brodman's own assessment of the job he did as a father to two daughters?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
In the story "End Days," what do you think is the significance of the extended interaction between Noa and the bride at the bride's house? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
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