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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 is done with the Kolker's body after he dies?
(a) He is buried in the garden.
(b) He is bronzed and put in the town square.
(c) Brod burns the house down with his body in it.
(d) He is thrown into the Brod River.

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

3. The old woman who knows about Trachimbrod also knew Jonathan's grandfather, Safran. What does she ask Alex to tell Jonathan?
(a) Safran hated her.
(b) Safran loved her.
(c) She received her first kiss from Safran.
(d) She was supposed to marry Safran.

4. What "terrible thing" does Yankel feel father's have the right to do?
(a) Feel lonely.
(b) Give them away at their wedding.
(c) Read their daughter's diary.
(d) Hit them.

5. Who says "I am a good person who has lived in a bad time" (227)?
(a) Jonathan.
(b) Lista.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) Alex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the result of Kolker's injuries?

2. 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)?

3. By the time she is twelve, how many men have proposed to Brod?

4. According to Jonathan, what makes women fall in love with Safran?

5. How many sadness's does Brod discover?

(see the answer key)

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