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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Soraya get in touch with the businessman to arrange meetings in the beginning of their relationship?
(a) By using the payphone at school.
(b) By using her own cell phone.
(c) By leaving graffiti on the wall outside his hotel.
(d) By leaving notes in pre-arranged secret locations.

2. Where does Brodman take his infant grandson without telling anyone in the end of the story?
(a) The apartment building's roof.
(b) The church down the block.
(c) His own apartment.
(d) The park.

3. What does the narrator's father's friend who comes unannounced to her father's apartment tell her he does for a living?
(a) Chef.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Doctor.

4. What is the name of the only person at the rabbi's house when Noa arrives?
(a) Mr. Hendery.
(b) Aviel.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Rachel.

5. What did the scribe's family do before they were scribes for generations going back?
(a) They were butchers.
(b) They were rabbis.
(c) They were bakers.
(d) They were lawyers.

6. When does the businessman show up in Soraya's life for the first time?
(a) July.
(b) November.
(c) February.
(d) May.

7. What makes Mrs. Elderfield tighten the rules and regulations in her house further?
(a) The narrator gets arrested.
(b) Marie gets into the cooking wine.
(c) Marie runs away.
(d) Soraya begins failing school.

8. What does Noa's neighbor, Mr. Frankel, bury in his yard?
(a) His old journal.
(b) His deceased dog.
(c) His favorite lamp.
(d) Gold.

9. Who is Soraya having dinner with when she first meets the businessman?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her father.

10. What is the narrator's father's first name?
(a) Henry.
(b) Eli.
(c) Joshua.
(d) Adam.

11. What does Noa suggest the bride wear that is unconventional?
(a) Glitter.
(b) A fanny pack.
(c) Sneakers.
(d) A hat.

12. What does the narrator find herself thinking that no place in Tel Aviv is ever far from?
(a) The stars.
(b) The sea.
(c) The temple.
(d) The market.

13. Who is the friend of the narrator's father who gives her the keys for his apartment?
(a) Boaz.
(b) Henry.
(c) Koren.
(d) Zusya.

14. What does Brodman's wife show him that she has bought for the baby that enrages him?
(a) A rattle with silver.
(b) An outfit with crowns on it.
(c) A moses basket.
(d) A rattle with gold.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who performs Noa's parents' divorce ceremony?

2. Who is Brodman's wife?

3. Who is supposed to check on Noa while her parents are out of the country?

4. Where does Noa work?

5. What did Noa call her father for one summer on the kibbutz, but dropped when they returned home?

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