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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 the narrator travel as part of her job in the story "Seeing Ershadi"?

2. Where does Tamar's mother live in Tel Aviv in the story "The Husband"?

3. What is Ershadi's character in the narrator's favorite film with Ershadi considering in the film?

4. What does one of the influential visitors to the landscape architect lose that the narrator finds?

5. What is the name of the estate the narrator says only the luckiest would get to see the garden of in the story "In the Garden"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator in the story "Future Emergencies" feel about the gas masks?

2. What do the generals persuade the landscape architect to do in the story "In the Garden?"

3. What discovery at the end of the story "Future Emergencies" changes the path of the narrator's and Victor's relationship?

4. What is one clear event that Sophie remembers led to her and Ezra's final breakup?

5. What is the ultimate reason the authorities give for distributing gas masks?

6. What prompts the narrator to get back in touch with Romi again after many years of not communicating?

7. What irrational thought does the narrator have as she tries to catch up with Ershadi in the Zen garden?

8. In the story "Future Emergencies," how does the narrator meet Victor?

9. What annoys Tamar about Ilana's story about how she met Sandor?

10. Why does Shlomi suggest Tamar does not like Ilana's relationship with Sandor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

In the story "End Days," why is it particularly disturbing to Noa that her parents, Leonard and Monica, are so sanguine about their own divorce? What do you think are the real reasons for Noa's feelings of turmoil and anguish following her parents' divorce? 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.

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