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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Noa work?
(a) A law office.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A library.
(d) A florist's shop.

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

3. What had Brodman's mother done for a living?
(a) Physics teacher.
(b) Dancer.
(c) Cleaned houses.
(d) Accounting.

4. What does the narrator notice about the stranger's habits who comes to stay at her father's apartment?
(a) He is a terrible cook.
(b) He is a very sound sleeper.
(c) He never seems to sleep.
(d) He never brushes his teeth.

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

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

7. Who is Noa's boyfriend for a time before she breaks up with him?
(a) James.
(b) John.
(c) Gabe.
(d) Henry.

8. Who comes to Mrs. Elderfield's house after Mrs. Elderfield calls him out of concern for Soraya?
(a) Mr. Anderson.
(b) Mrs. Sassani, Soraya's mother.
(c) Mr. Sassani, Soraya's father.
(d) Mrs. Flingle.

9. Where does the narrator like to try on clothes after school in the story "Switzerland"?
(a) H and M.
(b) Cross.
(c) Debenham's.
(d) Oasis.

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

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

12. 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"?
(a) A knife.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A small leather photo album.
(d) A gun.

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

14. What does Noa have to deliver to the rabbi in the story "End Days"?
(a) Her father's check.
(b) Her parents' judgement of divorce papers.
(c) Her ring.
(d) Her baby's outfit for the bris.

15. Where does Noa's mother travel right after the divorce?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) London.
(d) Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Noa's sister?

2. What does the narrator do impulsively involving the stranger one night in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?

3. Which daughter of Brodman's has a significant life event while he is in a coma?

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

5. What does the stranger assume about the narrator in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake"?

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