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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. Where does the narrator mostly practice her job?
(a) Tel Aviv.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Berlin.
(d) San Francisco.
2. What does the city's mayor ultimately tell the public about the emergency in "Future Emergencies"?
(a) It was due to a chemical spill.
(b) It was due to pollen.
(c) It was due to wildfire fumes.
(d) It was all just a drill.
3. What is Tamar's brother's nickname for her that goes back to childhood?
(a) Tammy.
(b) Marie.
(c) Tash.
(d) Tam.
4. What does the narrator tell the reader about the ending to her favorite Ershadi film?
(a) It is happy.
(b) It is predictable.
(c) It is sad.
(d) It is utterly jarring.
5. What does the man who visits Tamar's mother tell Tamar's mother about his own family?
(a) His father was lost in the war.
(b) His grandparents never got married.
(c) His mother died when he was a baby.
(d) His grandparents lost each other during the war.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the landscape architect squeamish about?
2. What happens in the landscape architect's final years?
3. What does the narrator take out of storage for the landscape architect in his last years that he wears often?
4. What game does the narrator of "Future Emergencies" play with her partner?
5. What does the narrator experience while climbing the Duomo in Italy?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the ultimate reason the authorities give for distributing gas masks?
2. What prompts the narrator to get back in touch with Romi again after many years of not communicating?
3. How does Krauss explain the details of how the narrator and Sophie end up in a refugee camp?
4. What experience does Romi tell the narrator about Ershadi?
5. How does Sophie deal with her first breakup from Ezra?
6. What is one clear event that Sophie remembers led to her and Ezra's final breakup?
7. What does the narrator in the story "Seeing Ershadi" think about the film Taste of Cherry?
8. What view of nature does the landscape architect have?
9. What problems does the narrator in the story "Seeing Ershadi" have in her career?
10. What irrational thought does the narrator have as she tries to catch up with Ershadi in the Zen garden?
This section contains 680 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
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