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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Alex lie to his brother?
(a) He wants his father to be proud of him.
(b) He wants his brother to be better than him.
(c) He wants his brother to be happy.
(d) He wants his brother to admire him.

2. Who is the old woman?
(a) The Gypsy.
(b) Lista.
(c) Zosha.
(d) Augustine.

3. According to the old woman, what does Trachimbrod look like now?
(a) It looks like any other field.
(b) It has been rebuilt and doesn't look at all like it did before.
(c) It is empty.
(d) It is crumbling.

4. Who approaches Alex while he is at the beach?
(a) The police.
(b) Little Igor.
(c) Father.
(d) Grandfather.

5. What does the woman give Jonathan?
(a) A box with the words "In Case" written on it.
(b) A picture of his grandfather and grandmother.
(c) A book his grandfather had given her.
(d) A kiss.

6. How does Alex feel about the idea of cutting out the discussion of Jonathan's grandmother from the story?
(a) He refuses.
(b) He reluctantly agrees.
(c) He agrees whole heartedly.
(d) He rewrites the section.

7. What is odd about traveling to Trachimbrod with the old woman?
(a) She rides in a wheel chair with Sammy Davis Junior, Junior on her lap.
(b) Grandfather carries her.
(c) She walks in front of the car.
(d) She rides shotgun.

8. Where is Safran going when leaving his apparent lover?
(a) To the Dial.
(b) Home.
(c) The flour mill.
(d) Kolki.

9. Concerning Jonathan's novel, what does Alex ask Jonathan to do?
(a) He asks Jonathan to write about his Grandfather's past.
(b) He asks Jonathan to not write about his Grandfather's past.
(c) He asks Jonathan to have Grandfather and Augustine converse.
(d) He asks Jonathan to delete Augustine from the story.

10. Who thinks "This is love . . When you notice someone's absence and hate that absence more than anything" (121)?
(a) Brod.
(b) Safran.
(c) Alex.
(d) Kolker.

11. What happens to the Gypsy girl after Safran gets married?
(a) She commits suicide.
(b) She continues to have an affair with Safran.
(c) She is captured by the Nazis.
(d) She leaves town.

12. Why are the Gypsy girl and Safran unable to be together?
(a) Because she is smart and he is not.
(b) Because she is a Gypsy and he is a Jew.
(c) Because of his arm.
(d) Because she is poor and he is rich.

13. What does Grandfather say to the woman they meet in "Falling in Love" that is out of character?
(a) "You are brave."
(b) "You are very beautiful."
(c) "You are stupid."
(d) "You are a liar."

14. What is done with the Kolker's body after he dies?
(a) He is bronzed and put in the town square.
(b) He is buried in the garden.
(c) He is thrown into the Brod River.
(d) Brod burns the house down with his body in it.

15. In "An Overture to Illumination," Jonathan, Alex, and Grandfather are returning from Trachimbrod. Why does Grandfather get mad at their waitress?
(a) She spills their drinks on them.
(b) She calls Jonathan a Jew.
(c) She does not have any meals without meat.
(d) She reminds him of someone he knew.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Alex reads Jonathan's journal, what story does he find?

2. When Grandfather asks Alex for his life-savings, what does Alex ask for in exchange?

3. When the old woman's father was told to do something or his wife would be shot, what did he do?

4. Who asks "how are your books arranged" (231)?

5. How many times do Joseph and Sarah L. get married?

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