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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 182 - 225).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator spend hours after school doing in "Switzerland"?
(a) Going to cheerleading practice.
(b) Running track.
(c) Wandering around Geneva.
(d) Swimming.

3. Who is Tamar's son?
(a) James.
(b) Henry.
(c) Remy.
(d) Ben.

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

5. 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 break her in two with one hand.
(c) That he will buy her anything in exchange for favors.
(d) That he could throw her in the river right now and no one would ever know where she went.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Noa have to deliver to the rabbi in the story "End Days"?

2. What does the city's mayor ultimately tell the public about the emergency in "Future Emergencies"?

3. Who is Tamar's ex-husband?

4. What does Noa's mother tell her about her grandmother that hurts her feelings?

5. What does the narrator's partner buy in preparation for the emergency in "Future Emergencies"?

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