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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. What do Alex and Jonathan do together while waiting for Grandfather and the old woman to finish talking?
(a) They decide to write a novel together.
(b) They read.
(c) They peel potatoes.
(d) They skin the corn and talk.

2. What does Little Igor's father buy him in an attempt to make him feel better?
(a) A horse.
(b) A car.
(c) A trip.
(d) A bicycle.

3. In "Falling in Love," who does Alex think he has found?
(a) Jonathan's grandmother.
(b) Zosha.
(c) Lista.
(d) Augustine.

4. What do both Alex and Jonathan believe about the people in the photograph?
(a) They think the people are dead.
(b) They think the people are sad.
(c) They think the people are beautiful.
(d) They think the people are in love.

5. What is Yankel doing before he is told he will be a father?
(a) Working at the flour mill.
(b) Listening to the Book of Recurrent Dreams.
(c) Flirting with another woman.
(d) Working in the fields.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alex do with the money he makes?

2. Concerning Jonathan's novel, what does Alex ask Jonathan to do?

3. What does Alex admit to Jonathan in the "Letter Dated 17 November 1997"?

4. When Alex picks up Jonathan, where does Jonathan say he wants to go?

5. When Grandfather asks Alex for his life-savings, what does Alex ask for in exchange?

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