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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. What would Alex name a town if given the chance?
(a) Augustine or Odessa.
(b) Safran or Foer.
(c) Kolki or Odessa.
(d) Alex or Little Igor.

2. Who is watching Brod when she finds Yankel?
(a) Safran.
(b) Kolker.
(c) Sofiowka.
(d) No one.

3. What is the name of the synagogue that straddles the "Jewish/Human fault line" (10)?
(a) The Trachimbrod Synagogue.
(b) The Upright Synagogue.
(c) The Sloucher Synagogue.
(d) The Shalom Temple.

4. What evidence does Yankel, Brod's "father," give that Brod's "mother" loved him?
(a) Photographs.
(b) Love letters that Yankel wrote to himself with his left hand.
(c) Books Brod's mother gave him.
(d) Jewelry her "mother" gave him.

5. In "The Very Rigid Search," what does Alex say that makes the old woman admit she knows about Trachimbrod?
(a) "Have you ever heard of a town dubbed Sofiowka?"
(b) "Have you ever witnessed anyone in the photograph?"
(c) "Has anyone in this photograph ever witnessed you?"
(d) "Leniency, I do not want to pester you."

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brod dress for the parade?

2. Yankel was once known by what other name?

3. Which statement would most accurately describe Brod?

4. How long does it take the baby to choose a name?

5. Who is in the photo that Jonathan shows to Alex?

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