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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mordecai tell Ernie he will eventually begin to do as a Just Man?
(a) Redeem his people.
(b) Become wise.
(c) Work to save the world.
(d) Glow.

2. What does Moritz recommend to avoid persecution?
(a) Worship at home.
(b) Learn to speak better German.
(c) Cut off earlocks.
(d) Dress like the rest of the population.

3. What does Ernie win for good performance in school?
(a) Medals.
(b) Ribbons.
(c) Certificates.
(d) Books.

4. What occupation does Mordecai Levy take up after harvesting potatoes?
(a) Cobbler.
(b) Cook.
(c) Peddler.
(d) Farmer.

5. What is Ernie first in at his school?
(a) Music.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Science.
(d) German.

6. Who delivers Ernie to his family?
(a) A peasant.
(b) The grocer's wife.
(c) The constable.
(d) A Nazi officer.

7. How does Ernie reflexively defend himself against the bullying of the Pimpfe?
(a) He kicks them.
(b) He bites them.
(c) He stabs them.
(d) He tricks them.

8. How does Ernie prepare himself for the pain of a Just Man's life?
(a) He chokes himself.
(b) He burns himself.
(c) He poisons himself.
(d) He cuts himself.

9. How does Benjamin believe his success in business has helped his fellow Jews?
(a) His popularity has lowered anti-semitism in general.
(b) He has taught principles of Judaism while fitting clothes.
(c) He has given an example of good business practice.
(d) He has referred his clients to other Jewish businesses.

10. What were the Levys never able to identify about the Just Man in their family?
(a) The signs by which God made his choice.
(b) The way to treat a Just Man.
(c) The purpose of a Just man.
(d) The identifying features of a Just Man in childhood.

11. How did Rabbi Yom Tov Levy get his people out of the besieged watchtower of York?
(a) He offered to take their place at the stake.
(b) He disguised them.
(c) He dug a tunnel.
(d) He killed them.

12. What is the title of the march of the Pimpfe?
(a) "Forward for the Fatherland."
(b) "Unity in Victory."
(c) "Strike, Pierce, and Kill."
(d) "All Who God Made German Sing."

13. Why is the village upset when Chaim Levy has more than one son?
(a) They will not know which was the Just Man.
(b) They cannot care for more than one Just Man.
(c) It proves that Chaim Levy is not a Just Man.
(d) It shows that their village does not deserve a Just Man.

14. What is "Berlin Madness"?
(a) Forgetting one's homeland.
(b) Rabies.
(c) Using sharp words to endure distress.
(d) Public renouncing of one's religion.

15. Why is Chaim's son, the Just Man, called Brother Beast?
(a) He is illiterate, and he loves no one.
(b) He is illiterate and cannot speak.
(c) He is illiterate and loves plants and animals more than people.
(d) He is illiterate, and he's cruel to people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who defends Ernie against the accusations of the grocer's wife?

2. What does the village girl point out to Mordecai Levy?

3. Why does Benjamin decide not to tell his wife that he is a Just Man?

4. Why did the Jews refuse to work in Polish factories when the country industrialized?

5. What does Benjamin call his wife?

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