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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Book of Recurrent Dreams, 1791; Falling in Love, 1791-1796; Another Lottery, 1791; Letter Dated 23 September 1997; Going Forth to Lutsk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Throughout the novel, who is Jonathan looking for?
(a) Safran.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) Augustine.

2. Which statement is an accurate description of Jonathan?
(a) Jonathan is Ukrainian and a vegetarian.
(b) Jonathan is Ukrainian and a pacifist.
(c) Jonathan is an American and a vegetarian.
(d) Jonathan is an American and a womanizer.

3. What is Jonathan afraid of?
(a) Not finding Augustine.
(b) The truth.
(c) Hurting his grandfather.
(d) Dogs.

4. 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.

5. What ailment does Grandfather claim to have?
(a) He claims to be deaf.
(b) He claims to have a broken toe.
(c) He claims to be blind.
(d) He claims to have a trick knee.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many entries did the Rabbi receive for the lottery?

2. Who is in the photo that Jonathan shows to Alex?

3. What does Yankel do when he gets to the river?

4. What is Grandfather hired to do?

5. Who says "I mount the autobus for an hour to work all day doing things I hate. You want to know why? It is for you . . . One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be a family" (2)?

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