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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 leaving notes in pre-arranged secret locations.
(b) By using the payphone at school.
(c) By using her own cell phone.
(d) By leaving graffiti on the wall outside his hotel.

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

3. What did Noa call her father for one summer on the kibbutz, but dropped when they returned home?
(a) Leonard.
(b) Abba.
(c) Daddy.
(d) Henry.

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

5. Which daughter of Brodman's had been hospitalized because of mental health problems?
(a) Carol.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Zoe.

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

7. What does the narrator in the story "I Am Asleep but My Heart Is Awake" do for a living?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Chef.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Architect.

8. Who is Brodman's wife?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Mira.
(c) Zoe.
(d) Rachel.

9. 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 Bible.
(b) A small leather photo album.
(c) A gun.
(d) A knife.

10. Where does Marie go during the Christmas break from school?
(a) New York.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Boston.
(d) Chicago.

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

12. In the story "Switzerland," how long has it been since the narrator has seen Soraya?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 40 years.
(d) 5 years.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Soraya speak with her own family?

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

3. What does the bride ask Noa to do for her?

4. Who is Noa's sister?

5. What does Noa do with her coworker as they wait at the bride's house for their boss?

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