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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. Why does Alex misuse words?
(a) He is not a native English speaker.
(b) He is illiterate.
(c) He cannot spell.
(d) Hetries to be smarter than he is.

2. Who wrote the "Letter Dated 23 September 1997"?
(a) Jonathan.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Yankel.
(d) Alex.

3. Where does Alex keep the money that he saves?
(a) In his wallet.
(b) In the bank.
(c) In the cookie box in the kitchen.
(d) Under his mattress.

4. What does Yankel dream about?
(a) He dreams about living forever with Brod.
(b) He dreams about traveling to America.
(c) He dreams about his ex-wife.
(d) He dreams about his work.

5. Brod sees a picture in her telescope. What is written on the back?
(a) "I did it for myself."
(b) "This is me with Augustine, February 21, 1943."
(c) "Alex and Jonathan, 1997."
(d) "The Book of Antecedents."

Short Answer Questions

1. What do both Alex and Jonathan believe about the people in the photograph?

2. What happens to Jonathan's documents?

3. What is The Book of Recurrent Dreams?

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. What is Yankel doing before he is told he will be a father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What clues tell the reader that Brod is having a vision of the future in "Recurrent Secrets, 1791-1943"?

2. What ailment does Grandfather claim to have and why? How do you know he is lying?

3. Describe how Yankel's feels when he finds out that he is going to be a father.

4. Describe Yankel's internal and external characteristics.

5. Why does Alex agree to go to Lutsk? Use the book to aid in your response.

6. "An Overture to Encountering the Hero" is meant to be humorous. What elements make it funny? Why?

7. Sofiowka claims that the twin girls did not see anything. Do you believe him? Explain your position.

8. Why did Yankel change his name? Why did he choose "Yankel"?

9. Alex compares his father's abuse to the search for Augustine. In what ways are they similar?

10. In "Another Lottery, 1791," the town again makes a decision based on a lottery. Describe the two lotteries. What does this seem to suggest about the town?

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