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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 is Alex hired to do?
(a) Translate.
(b) Carry luggage.
(c) Park cars.
(d) Drive the car.

2. What is the most important item found in the river?
(a) A treasure chest.
(b) Trachim's body.
(c) A bag of gold.
(d) A baby girl.

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

4. What does Yankel wear that distinguishes him from everyone else?
(a) A blue bowler hat with a black ribbon.
(b) An incriminating abacus bead on a string.
(c) A black tie.
(d) An innocent white flower in his lapel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alex live?

2. Who claims that it was Trachim who drove into the river?

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

4. What does Sammy Davis Junior, Junior do to the shirt that she was given to look official?

5. In "The Lottery, 1791," what is the name of the synagogue where the Rabbi does NOT want the baby to go?

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