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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what street in Las Vegas do Sem and Harun have a tire changed?
(a) Dean Martin Drive.
(b) Elkhorn Road.
(c) Bonanza Road.
(d) Fremont Street.

2. What was the name of the district where Sem and Sanja lived during the war?
(a) Grbavica.
(b) Sedrenik.
(c) Nahorevo.
(d) Skenderija.

3. What Mexican dessert is similar to the Bosnian dessert patispanja?
(a) Sopapillas.
(b) Churros.
(c) Tres leches.
(d) Mexican wedding cake.

4. When Sem and Harun were at a cafe during a rain storm, where did a man tell them to go back to?
(a) Bosnia.
(b) Russia.
(c) Lithuania.
(d) Germany.

5. The last time that Sem and Sanja moved before her stroke, what did the movers lose?
(a) Wastebaskets.
(b) Bed.
(c) Sofa.
(d) Box of books.

6. Where does Sanja want to be buried?
(a) Mountains.
(b) Arlington.
(c) Near the ocean.
(d) Bosnia.

7. When did Sem remember living in the studio of the fine-art group Zvono?
(a) July and August 1992.
(b) March and April 1992.
(c) September and October 1992.
(d) May and June 1992.

8. What is the weather like at the beginning of "Snowflake," pages 121-171?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Snowy.
(c) Sunny and warm.
(d) Cold and clear.

9. To what Rolling Stones' song were some of Harun's photographs used as illustrations?
(a) Living in a Ghost Town.
(b) Midnight Rambler.
(c) Little Rain.
(d) Moonlight Mile.

10. When did Sem have a small bookshop in the Sarajevo Society of Writers?
(a) Late 1980s.
(b) Early 1980s.
(c) Beginning of the 1990s.
(d) Middle 1990s.

11. When Sem reaches the hospital, what is a nurse giving Sanja?
(a) Immunoglobulin.
(b) Saline.
(c) Antioiotics.
(d) Morphine.

12. When did Harun live in an apartment in Los Angeles for just a few months with his girlfriend?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2004.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2003.

13. What is the name of the person who visits Sanja in the hospital and gives her a face massage?
(a) Murisa.
(b) Amela.
(c) Renata.
(d) Elizabeta.

14. How old does Sanja think she is after her stroke?
(a) 19.
(b) 25.
(c) 5.
(d) 30.

15. Where does a CT scan indicate that Sanja has a clot in an artery?
(a) Left shoulder.
(b) Right leg.
(c) Brain.
(d) Neck.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Harun when Sem gave him a scorpion in a transparent Kodak film container?

2. When Sanja has a stroke, how long has it been since her father died?

3. Where was Sem working when Harun's student film aired?

4. Who did "M" used to work for as a photographer?

5. Where was Harun studying when Sem went for a reading at a place called Villa Aurora?

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