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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 the Man from Buenos Aires run away from home at a young age?
(a) To escape his abusive step-father.
(b) To avoid getting drafted into the army.
(c) To start his career as a performer.
(d) To follow the love of his life.

2. Where are the Cossack in The Wedding That Came Without Its Band from?
(a) Zhmerinka.
(b) Tulchin.
(c) Schtevka.
(d) Kaminka.

3. How much money does Danielschik request so he can buy the beer hall and billiard parlor?
(a) One hundred ninety-six rubles.
(b) Four hundred sixty-two rubles.
(c) Two hundred twenty-three rubles.
(d) Five hundred forty-four rubles.

4. Where is the setting of Hard Luck?
(a) The ticket counter at the train station.
(b) A third class train car.
(c) The local bar.
(d) The second class waiting room at the station.

5. What is Kompanyevitch's profession?
(a) He is a banker.
(b) He is a carpenter.
(c) He is a notary.
(d) He is a garbage man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much the narrator pay for the dowry of the girl as fiduciary in Fated for Misfortune.

2. What does Yoyl Tashker do for a living?

3. What does the diamond dealer do to the young man who returns his case?

4. Why won't Yoyl terminate Kompanyevitch's lease even though he greatly dislikes him?

5. How is the thief able to take the case from the Diamond Dealer?

Short Essay Questions

1. In The Automatic Exemption, when the father visits lawyers in Yehupetz and explains his predicament to them, why are they unable to give him advice?

2. Why does Aharon's son leave the school?

3. Why does the 60-year-old man tell the narrator a long story about how someone was tricked out of money playing cards?

4. How does the narrator of High School describe his wife?

5. How does Moyshe-Nachman regard the affair of the arrest of his brother-in-law?

6. How does Berko celebrate his life after the train incident?

7. How does Moshke like to celebrate?

8. As mentioned in the Slowpoke Express, what does the narrator consider a fact?

9. Why does Moyshe-Nachman have to support Dovid's family in Go Climb a Tree?

10. What does the term "meeting the train" mean?

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