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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. What does a random stranger say to the narrator during the narrator's youth that shakes her and that she never forgets?
(a) That he will make her disappear.
(b) That he could throw her in the river right now and no one would ever know where she went.
(c) That he could break her in two with one hand.
(d) That he will buy her anything in exchange for favors.

2. Who are Noa's parents?
(a) Monica and David.
(b) Leonard and Monica.
(c) Leonard and Ruth.
(d) David and Sarah.

3. Which daughter of Brodman's had been hospitalized because of mental health problems?
(a) Carol.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Zoe.
(d) Sarah.

4. Who comes to Brodman's grandson's Bris that makes Brodman uncomfortable?
(a) The sperm donor.
(b) Ruth's ex-husband.
(c) His brother.
(d) His own father.

5. In the story "Switzerland," how long has it been since the narrator has seen Soraya?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of "Future Emergencies" say about her partner's sense of humor?

2. What startles the narrator in "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake" in the very end of the story?

3. Where does the narrator meet Soraya in the story "Switzerland"?

4. How do the narrator and the person she lives with first meet in the story "Future Emergencies"?

5. Where does Brodman take his infant grandson without telling anyone in the end of the story?

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