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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Falling in Love, 1934-1941; Letter Dated 24 December 1997; An Overture to Illumination; Falling in Love, 1934-1941; Letter Dated 26 January 1998.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After leaving Lista and drinking vodka, what do Grandfather, Alex, and Jonathan argue about?
(a) What to eat.
(b) What to talk about.
(c) Where to go the next day.
(d) Whether or not they should open the box.

2. Who says "the bruises go away, and so does how you hate, and so does the feeling that everything you receive in life is something you have earned" (68)?
(a) Jonathan.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Brod.
(d) Alex.

3. What does Alex ask Jonathan in "Letter Dated 24 December 1997?"
(a) He asks that Jonathan stop sending money.
(b) He asks that Jonathan send him more money.
(c) He asks that they no longer communicate.
(d) He asks that they never criticize or praise each other's writing again.

4. What is The Book of Recurrent Dreams?
(a) A book in which congregants write dreams they have had.
(b) A book about the dreams of prophets.
(c) A book about following dreams.
(d) A book in which the history of Trachimbrod is written.

5. Why is Little Igor sad on his birthday?
(a) He did not get a cake.
(b) He has a broken arm.
(c) He has a broken leg.
(d) He did not get a bike.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Alex referring to when he says, "it is as if after surviving so much, there was no longer a reason to survive" (143)?

2. In "Falling in Love," who does Alex think he has found?

3. In "Letter Dated 26 January 1998," what does Alex tell about Grandfather?

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

5. Who wins the second lottery?

(see the answer key)

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