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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the city's mayor ultimately tell the public about the emergency in "Future Emergencies"?
(a) It was due to wildfire fumes.
(b) It was all just a drill.
(c) It was due to a chemical spill.
(d) It was due to pollen.

2. Which very famous film director's work does the narrator spend a few weeks watching?
(a) Francis Ford Coppola.
(b) Ingmar Bergman.
(c) James Cameron.
(d) Kathryn Bigelow.

3. Where does the narrator think she actually does see Ershadi in real life?
(a) In a Zen garden in Japan.
(b) In the Sydney Opera House.
(c) In a restaurant in Barcelona.
(d) In a museum in France.

4. When did Romi's parents divorce in "Seeing Ershadi"?
(a) They did not divorce.
(b) When she was 10.
(c) When she was 15.
(d) When she was 3.

5. What does Tamar's mother do with "the husband" that she never does on her own?
(a) Goes for a drink in a bar.
(b) Goes to the beach.
(c) Goes gambling.
(d) Goes out to dinner in a restaurant.

6. Which boyfriend of Romi's has a tendency to be possessive of her?
(a) Haroumi.
(b) Ryan.
(c) Eli.
(d) Mark.

7. Where do Shlomi and his partner go to find a surrogate parent for their child?
(a) China.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Thailand.
(d) Nepal.

8. What does the man who visits Tamar's mother tell Tamar's mother about his own family?
(a) His grandparents lost each other during the war.
(b) His mother died when he was a baby.
(c) His grandparents never got married.
(d) His father was lost in the war.

9. In the story "Amour," where do Sophie and Ezra originally meet?
(a) New York City.
(b) Blessington.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Tel Aviv.

10. What is the name of the estate the narrator says only the luckiest would get to see the garden of in the story "In the Garden"?
(a) Three Winds.
(b) The Sanctuary.
(c) Robleton.
(d) Five Clouds.

11. What impresses Shlomi about "the husband" that he tells Tamar during their first phone conversation about him?
(a) He has an Erdos number of one.
(b) He is very wealthy.
(c) He has won a Pulitzer Prize.
(d) He has a Fields Medal.

12. What does the narrator think is the most extraordinary thing about the ending of her favorite Ershadi film?
(a) Ershadi sacrifices himself for his lover.
(b) Ershadi becomes a ghost.
(c) Ershadi's character survives.
(d) The viewer does not ever really know what happens to Ershadi.

13. When do Sophie and Ezra get back together again after an initial break-up?
(a) 2030.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2020.

14. Who tells the narrator that she has also had a strange experience with Ershadi?
(a) The narrator's boss.
(b) Henry.
(c) The narrator's boyfriend.
(d) Romi.

15. How does the landscape architect describe himself?
(a) As a religious man.
(b) As a scholar.
(c) As a pragmatist.
(d) As a realist and an man of the earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which actor does the narrator feel is beautiful enough to live forever?

2. What does the narrator take out of storage for the landscape architect in his last years that he wears often?

3. Who does Tamar's mother ask for help before she lets the strangers in at her door in the story "The Husband"?

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

5. What do the narrator and the landscape architect do in their last years together?

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