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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dial, 1941-1804-1941; Letter Dated 17 November 1997; Falling in Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is written on the note Yankel found on his welcome mat?
(a) "I had to do it for myself."
(b) "I'll be back soon, don't worry."
(c) "I hate you."
(d) "Don't look for me. I will not be back."

2. What evidence does Yankel, Brod's "father," give that Brod's "mother" loved him?
(a) Love letters that Yankel wrote to himself with his left hand.
(b) Books Brod's mother gave him.
(c) Jewelry her "mother" gave him.
(d) Photographs.

3. What does Alex's father call him?
(a) Alex.
(b) Clumsy One.
(c) Alexi-stop-spleening-me.
(d) Shapka.

4. Where does Yankel write his life history?
(a) He writes it in the Book of Antecedents.
(b) He writes it in his diary.
(c) He writes it on his bedroom ceiling.
(d) He writes it in the Book of Recurrent Dreams.

5. How many sadness's does Brod discover?
(a) 21.
(b) 613.
(c) 144.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Very Rigid Search," what does Alex say that makes the old woman admit she knows about Trachimbrod?

3. What "terrible thing" does Yankel feel father's have the right to do?

4. What does Grandfather say to the woman they meet in "Falling in Love" that is out of character?

5. Why does Alex misuse words?

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