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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 93 - 135).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Noa's mother travel right after the divorce?
(a) Vienna.
(b) London.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Berlin.

2. What does the narrator tell the reader about the ending to her favorite Ershadi film?
(a) It is utterly jarring.
(b) It is happy.
(c) It is sad.
(d) It is predictable.

3. What is one skill the narrator's partner in "Future Emergencies" has that she appreciates?
(a) He is a talented plumber.
(b) He is a skilled gardener.
(c) He cooks well.
(d) He is a good woodworker.

4. What makes the narrator think of Ershadi again for the first time years after she thinks she saw him in real life?
(a) She sees a report that Ershadi has died.
(b) Her husband tells her he loved Ershadi films too.
(c) She comes across an Ershadi film on television.
(d) She passes a poster for her favorite Ershadi film playing in her neighborhood.

5. What happens at the rabbi's house that Noa would never have expected?
(a) She loses her virginity.
(b) She has a heart attack.
(c) She swims in the rabbi's pool.
(d) Her car breaks down outside the the rabbi helps her fix it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brodman's wife show him that she has bought for the baby that enrages him?

2. Where does the narrator move a few years after 9/11 in the story "Amour"?

3. What does the narrator find herself thinking that no place in Tel Aviv is ever far from?

4. What does the bride ask Noa to do for her?

5. When did the narrator's mother pass away?

(see the answer key)

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