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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. What is Yakov given in order that he can have something to do?
(a) A broom.
(b) A ball.
(c) A broken radio.
(d) A pencil and paper.

2. When Yakov responds by pointing out something in the officials' book that he thinks resembles the prosecutor, how does the official respond?
(a) With laughter.
(b) With violence.
(c) With chagrin.
(d) With threats.

3. Who is the first person to bring firewood to Yakov's cell?
(a) The Minister of Justice.
(b) The warden.
(c) The colonel.
(d) The deputy warden.

4. What does the crowd see when the people finally stop running?
(a) A murdered dog.
(b) A murdered child.
(c) A murdered man.
(d) A murdered woman.

5. Who begins to visit Yakov's cell in the middle of winter in order to obtain body samples?
(a) The deputy warden.
(b) The warden.
(c) The colonel.
(d) The head guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the boy's mother, what does Zhenia want to be when he grows up?

2. While sitting in his cell reflecting on his circumstances in Chapter 6, Part 9, how does Yakov feel about his fate?

3. When a drunken guard accidentally leaves Yakov's cell door unlocked, Yakov ventures out and comes upon a hanged man. Who is the man?

4. As Yakov begins to think he's going mad, whose ghost does he see?

5. When Bibikov comes to the prison to question Yakov, who does Bibikov believe is actually Yakov's greatest enemy?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Yakov's visitor in prison, why is he known as the "nameless Jew"?

2. According to Zhenia's mother, why does she delay in reporting her son as missing?

3. Why does Yakov steel himself to live instead of wanting to die?

4. When spring arrives, a visitor comes to the prison to comfort Yakov. Why does the visitor come?

5. As Yakov's hallucinations become regular, what does he have trouble figuring out?

6. After Yakov's visitor leaves, the warden learns of the visit and interrogates Yakov again. What is the interrogation about?

7. Why do the officials decide not to charge Yakov with sexual assault based on Zina's official testimony?

8. Why is Yakov moved by the stories he reads about Jesus?

9. When Yakov is returned to prison and then meets with the prosecutor, the prosecutor offers him a lighter sentence in return for what?

10. Looking back on his marriage to Raisl, why does Yakov now believe that it was a mistake to marry Raisl?

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