View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 136 - 181).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose house does the narrator stay in while attending school in the story "Switzerland"?
(a) Mr. Worthington's.
(b) Mrs. Elderfield's.
(c) Mr. Smith's.
(d) Mrs. Friendly's.

2. What is Tamar's brother's nickname for her that goes back to childhood?
(a) Tam.
(b) Marie.
(c) Tash.
(d) Tammy.

3. What does the narrator tell the landscape architect about his gardens at one point in relation to God?
(a) God is indifferent to his gardens.
(b) God dwells in his gardens.
(c) God probably uses his gardens as insipration.
(d) God has shunned his gardens.

4. In the story "In the Garden," what does the narrator do for a living?
(a) He is the personal secretary to Latin America's greatest landscape architect.
(b) He is a musician.
(c) He is a dancer.
(d) He is a weaver.

5. Where had Marie lived right before coming to Switzerland?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) Bangkok.
(c) Beijing.
(d) Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator find in the drawer of her father's night table in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?

2. Where did Brodman work for most of his career?

3. What does the narrator realize about herself one day early in the story "Seeing Ershadi" in relation to her work?

4. What does the narrator tell the reader about the ending to her favorite Ershadi film?

5. Where was the landscape architect's mother born?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 279 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample