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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Sanja wear when she is released from the hospital?
(a) Navy dress.
(b) T-shirt, jeans, and a hooded sweatsuit.
(c) Dress slacks, white blouse, and jacket.
(d) Blue-gray blouse and gray skirt.

3. After her stroke, on what floor of the hospital is Sanja?
(a) 5th.
(b) 9th.
(c) 3rd.
(d) 8th.

4. On page 161, what type of tie does the doctor wear to convey a positive impression to his patients?
(a) White with Dr. Seuss characters.
(b) Black with brightly colored smiley faces.
(c) Navy with cartoon figures.
(d) Brightly colored with children's drawings.

5. When was Sanja born?
(a) September 17, 1960.
(b) September 2, 1960.
(c) September 13, 1960.
(d) September 29, 1960.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sem start wearing with his pajamas when he would wake and go to work at his desk?

2. When was Sanja allergic to everything?

3. When Sem and Harun were at a cafe during a rain storm, where did a man tell them to go back to?

4. When Sem tells people where he is from, near what country does he say his country is located?

5. What day of the week did Sanja have her stroke?

Short Essay Questions

1. What encounter at a cafe does Sem recall?

2. What memory of driving in New Mexico does Sem hope that Sanja has not forgotten?

3. What does Sem find interesting about the photographs that he and Harun took at Monument Valley?

4. What form of address has Hraun used for Sem?

5. How does Sem compare photographs and drawings?

6. What type of tennis shoes does Sanja have, and why are those typical of who she is and what she is like?

7. In what language does Sem write?

8. Why do they not know how to treat Sanja after her stroke?

9. What is unusual about the corridor from the elevator to Sem and Sanja's apartment door, and what problems has that caused?

10. How has Sem noticed America closing itself up from the outside world?

(see the answer keys)

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