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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. 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)?
(a) Alex's grandfather.
(b) Alex's mother.
(c) Alex.
(d) Alex's father.

2. In "What We Saw When We Saw Trachimbrod or Falling in Love," who says "I don't want to hear any more?"
(a) The old woman.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) Alex.

3. Who is in the photo that Jonathan shows to Alex?
(a) Jonathan and his girlfriend.
(b) Alex's grandfather and grandmother.
(c) Jonathan's grandfather and Augustine.
(d) Grandfather and Eli.

4. The old woman tells that when the Nazis came all the men were lined up and told to do what or their family would die?
(a) Identify a Jewish person.
(b) Choose who would get shot.
(c) Give them their valuables.
(d) Spit on the Torah.

5. In "The Beginning of the World Often Comes," who finds debris in the river?
(a) Brod.
(b) Alex.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) Hannah and Chana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alex ask Jonathan in "Letter Dated 24 December 1997?"

2. What did the Nazi's first do when they came to Trachimbrod?

3. When the old woman's father was told to do something or his wife would be shot, what did he do?

4. Who is the first character introduced in the book?

5. What do Grandfather, Alex, and Jonathan have for dinner after they leave Lista?

(see the answer key)

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