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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 39 - 92).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is supposed to check on Noa while her parents are out of the country?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her uncle, Rabbi Strauss.
(c) Jack and Roberta Berkowitz, her parents' oldest friends.
(d) Her grandmother.

2. What hairstyle does the narrator admire that Soraya wears?
(a) A pageboy.
(b) A mohawk.
(c) A long, wild look.
(d) A Chanel bob.

3. What does the stranger assume about the narrator in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?
(a) That she is also an engineer.
(b) That she is a writer.
(c) That she has dual citizenship.
(d) That she is a student.

4. What does the narrator do impulsively involving the stranger one night in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?
(a) Follows him when he goes out.
(b) Asks him to teach her a new language.
(c) Asks him to tell her something about her father.
(d) Asks him out to dinner.

5. What major life event happens in Brodman's family while he is in a coma?
(a) His mother dies.
(b) His son gets married.
(c) His wife decides to leave him.
(d) His first grandchild is born.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose clothes does Brodman wear to his grandchild's bris?

2. Who is the person who comes unannounced to the narrator's father's apartment?

3. What does Carol do abroad that Brodman does not understand?

4. Who is the friend of the narrator's father who gives her the keys for his apartment?

5. What is the narrator's father's first name?

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