Here I Am Quiz

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What, in Sam’s mind, makes something difficult to say? (from Part 6, The Destruction of Israel – Section 2)

The fact that it has to be spoken in public.

The fact that those listening will find it hard to hear.

The fact that it has to be memorized.

The fact that it has to be spoken in Hebrew.

Who are the Blumenbergs? (from Part 3, Uses of a Jewish Fist – Section 1)

The Bloch family's partners in business.

The Bloch family's next door neighbors and best friends.

The side of Jacob's family that came to America at the same time as Jacob's grandfather.

The side of Jacob’s family that stayed in Israel, instead of moving to America.

What is the most likely way that the image of the suffering young woman relates to the events in the rest of Part 5, Section 1? (from Part 5, Not to Have a Choice is Also A Choice – Section 1)

It evokes, or suggests, the suffering that non-Jews are experiencing in the aftermath of the earthquake.

It evokes, or suggests, the suffering that Jews in America are experiencing when they sympathetically witness the experience of non-Jews after the earthquake.

It evokes, or suggests, the suffering that the various members of the Bloch family are inflicting on non-Jews.

It evokes, or suggests, the suffering that the various members of the Bloch family are experiencing.

Before Isaac’s funeral, when was the last time Sam cried? (from Part 5, Not to Have a Choice is Also A Choice – Section 2)

When he saw Jacob behaving tenderly towards Argus.

When Argus died.

When he saw Jacob behaving tenderly towards Julia.

When Benjy was born.

Benjy’s idea to call Jacob’s house “The Wailing House” is a reference to what previously discussed element in the novel? (from Part 8, Home)

The Wailing Wall, a historical site in Jerusalem where Jews go to pray.

The Wailing House, a place in Other Life where avatars go to recover once they've been wounded.

The Wailing Room, a room in the family's synagogue where they go to grieve after a death.

The Wailing Wall, a historical site in Europe where Jews were killed in the Holocaust.