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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 "the bruises go away, and so does how you hate, and so does the feeling that everything you receive in life is something you have earned" (68)?
(a) Alex.
(b) Brod.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) Grandfather.

2. Yankel was once known by what other name?
(a) Didl.
(b) Kolker.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) Safran.

3. Where does Alex keep the money that he saves?
(a) In the bank.
(b) In the cookie box in the kitchen.
(c) In his wallet.
(d) Under his mattress.

4. How many entries did the Rabbi receive for the lottery?
(a) 49.
(b) 52.
(c) 7.
(d) 114.

5. Who is the old woman?
(a) The Gypsy.
(b) Lista.
(c) Augustine.
(d) Zosha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alex's father call him?

2. How does Alex feel about Safran having sex with older women and women who are not his wife?

3. Who is watching Brod when she finds Yankel?

4. Which statement would most accurately describe Brod?

5. At the end of "The Dial, 1941-1804-1941," Brod tells Kolker that she loves him and "for the first time in her life, the words had meaning" (139). Why do the words have meaning now?

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