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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Falling in Love, 1791-1803; Recurrent Secrets, 1791-1943; A Parade, A Death, A Proposition, 1804-1969; Letter Dated 28 October 1997; A Very Rigid Search.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Grandfather suggest Jonathan go to fall in love?
(a) Odessa.
(b) Miami.
(c) New York.
(d) Kolki.

2. Concerning marriage, what does Yankel request of Brod?
(a) He asks that she choose someone for love.
(b) He asks her to never get married.
(c) He asks that she choose someone rich.
(d) He asks her to wait until he dies.

3. When Alex picks up Jonathan, where does Jonathan say he wants to go?
(a) Trachimrod.
(b) New York.
(c) Odessa.
(d) Lutsk.

4. Where does Alex live?
(a) America.
(b) Germany.
(c) The Ukraine.
(d) Russia.

5. What does Yankel have in his hands when he dies?
(a) A note and his abacus bead.
(b) A note and Brod's diary.
(c) Lipstick and a book.
(d) A drink and a cigar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the synagogue that straddles the "Jewish/Human fault line" (10)?

2. What would Alex name a town if given the chance?

3. Brod sees a picture in her telescope. What is written on the back?

4. Who says "I mount the autobus for an hour to work all day doing things I hate. You want to know why? It is for you . . . One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be a family" (2)?

5. In "The Very Rigid Search," what does Alex say that makes the old woman admit she knows about Trachimbrod?

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