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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. Where was the landscape architect's mother born?
(a) Austria.
(b) The Cascades.
(c) The Carpathian Mountains.
(d) Germany.

4. Where does the narrator travel as part of her job in the story "Seeing Ershadi"?
(a) Spain.
(b) Japan.
(c) France.
(d) Australia.

5. Who is the narrator's closest friend during the early part of the story "Seeing Ershadi"?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Romi.
(c) Henley.
(d) Rachel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sophie look like when the narrator first encounters her in the refugee camp?

2. What does Sophie often do in the refugee camp to entertain others?

3. Who is the man Sophie has as a partner for many years?

4. What makes the narrator think of Ershadi again for the first time years after she thinks she saw him in real life?

5. What does the narrator keep on his windowsill?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one clear event that Sophie remembers led to her and Ezra's final breakup?

2. How does the narrator in the story "Future Emergencies" feel about the gas masks?

3. What view of nature does the landscape architect have?

4. What does Sophie sometimes do in the refugee camp to keep the others amused?

5. What experience does Romi tell the narrator about Ershadi?

6. What does the narrator in the story "Seeing Ershadi" think about the film Taste of Cherry?

7. How does the narrator in the story "In the Garden" convince the famous landscape architect to hire him?

8. What irrational thought does the narrator have as she tries to catch up with Ershadi in the Zen garden?

9. What do the generals persuade the landscape architect to do in the story "In the Garden?"

10. In the story "Future Emergencies," how does the narrator meet Victor?

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