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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. When Harun had his college admissions interview, where did he meet his interviewer?
2. Why was Sem in Germany in 1999?
3. How old was Harun when Sem gave him a scorpion in a transparent Kodak film container?
4. Where was Harun studying when Sem went for a reading at a place called Villa Aurora?
5. Before Sanja's stroke, when was the last time they moved?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Sem find interesting about photographs "M" took of their apartment?
2. Why did Sanja say she was a smoker when she quit after Sem's heart attack?
3. What do they learn about Sanja's condition after doing scans at the hospital?
4. What encounter at a cafe does Sem recall?
5. What is Sanja's situation by the time she has been in the hospital for four nights?
6. What memory of driving in New Mexico does Sem hope that Sanja has not forgotten?
7. How did Harun acquire the habit of going into the mountains when he was quite young, and what did he do there?
8. What does Sem find interesting about the photographs that he and Harun took at Monument Valley?
9. What does Sem think is problematic about how treatment is managed in the hospital?
10. What difficulties has Sanja had with allergies?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sem knows that every return home can be different. Why does Sem understand that every return home can be different? When he returns to his apartment after Sanja’s stroke, what does he realize about journeys and coming home?
Essay Topic 2
After her stroke, Sanja experiences memory loss. How do Sanja and Sem cope with her memory loss? Why does Sem wish there was a machine "that discovers forgotten events and returns them to memory" (221)?
Essay Topic 3
Nurses view Sem and his roommate at the hospital as one person. How do the nurses at the hospital see Sem and his roommate as one person? In what way does the hospital erase the men’s identity?
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