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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through An Overture to the Commencement of a Very Rigid Journey; The Beginning of the World Often Comes; The Lottery, 1791; Letter Dated 20 July 1997; An Overture to Encountering the Hero, and Then Encountering the Hero.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yankel do when he gets to the river?
(a) He encourages the girls to dive for treasure.
(b) He stops the girls from swimming.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He dives into the water to see if he can save anyone.

2. What does Sammy Davis Junior, Junior do to the shirt that she was given to look official?
(a) She eats part of it.
(b) Nothing.
(c) She has thrown it away.
(d) She ripped it.

3. How long does it take the baby to choose a name?
(a) Seven minutes.
(b) Two minutes.
(c) Two days.
(d) Seven days.

4. In "The Lottery, 1791," who wins the lottery?
(a) Yankel.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) The Rabbi.
(d) Sofiowka.

5. According to Alex, what is Grandfather like after the trip to Lutsk?
(a) Older.
(b) Defeated.
(c) Reenergized.
(d) Younger.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Lottery, 1791," where are the men when in the synagogue?

2. What is Jonathan afraid of?

3. What is the most important item found in the river?

4. Why is Sammy Davis Junior, Junior with the group?

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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