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

2. Who performs Noa's parents' divorce ceremony?

3. Who does Noa do her deliveries for work with?

4. Who had been Noa's father's second-in-command in archaeological digs when she was a child?

5. Who is Noa's sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the story "Zusya on the Roof," what physical problems has Brodman just started to overcome?

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

7. What do Marie, Soraya, and the narrator all have in common in the story "Switzerland"?

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

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

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

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

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 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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