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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year in Sem's past has he not left behind?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1996.

2. Where is Lukas Cierny's daughter from?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Pennsylvania.

3. In "Red Bandana," when does Sem fly to the other side of the continent?
(a) March 9, 2015.
(b) June 23, 2015.
(c) April 16, 2015.
(d) May 11, 2015.

4. What is the date when Sem has a heart attack?
(a) November 2, 2010.
(b) September 28, 2010.
(c) December 19, 2010.
(d) October 11, 2010.

5. How long does it take to install stents in Sem's blocked arteries?
(a) About 4 hours.
(b) 2 1/2 hours.
(c) 3 1/2 hours.
(d) A little more than 3 hours.

6. Where is the African Muslim girl from who is the evening nurse for Sem and Lukas Cierny?
(a) Sudan.
(b) Eritrea.
(c) Somalia.
(d) Ethiopia.

7. In Chekhov's diaries, how long did a man think he had heart problems?
(a) 14 years.
(b) 11 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 6 years.

8. Where does Harun arrange his cameras in "Red Bandana"?
(a) Monument Valley.
(b) Chiricahua.
(c) Bisbee.
(d) Wickenburg.

9. What is the name of the American writer who wrote, "When you smoke, other people come up to you and ask for a light" (19)?
(a) Ammon Dankner.
(b) Stephen Dantes.
(c) Laird Hunt.
(d) Simin Daneshvar.

10. What is the name of the short film Sem remembers at the end of "Me'Med"?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Secret in Their Eyes.
(c) The Lady in the Van.
(d) The Room.

11. When did Ales Debeljak visit Sem and his family in Washington, DC?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1998.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1996.

12. Near an abandoned gas pump on an overgrown parking lot, what car does Sem see with a March edition of The New Yorker on the seat?
(a) Corvette.
(b) Ferrari.
(c) Porsche.
(d) Maserati.

13. When does Sem remember a table tennis game in the Botanical Garden at the Sarajevo National Museum that woke him?
(a) March 1980.
(b) May 1980.
(c) April 1980.
(d) June 1980.

14. What lake did Sem grow up beside?
(a) Goransko Jezero.
(b) Balkana.
(c) Klinje.
(d) Modrac.

15. What color uniform is the girl wearing who tells Sem that he is having a heart attack?
(a) Beige.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. At a hotel where the parking lot is empty in "Red Bandana," how much does a young Navajo claim the only room that is vacant costs?

2. In "Red Bandana," what is the name of the experimental town Sem and Harun visit?

3. How old does Sem think the old man, Lukas Cierny, is with whom he shares a room on the hospital ward?

4. What Bosnian poet does Sem think Lukas Cierny looks like?

5. Where did Sem work from February to June 1996?

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