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

2. What is Grandfather hired to do?
(a) Translate.
(b) Drive the car.
(c) Cook.
(d) Park cars.

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

4. In "The Lottery, 1791," what is the name of the synagogue where the Rabbi does NOT want the baby to go?
(a) The Slouching Synagogue.
(b) The Upright Synagogue.
(c) The Shalom Temple.
(d) The Trachimbrod Synagogue.

5. What is Jonathan afraid of?
(a) Hurting his grandfather.
(b) Dogs.
(c) The truth.
(d) Not finding Augustine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many entries did the Rabbi receive for the lottery?

2. What is the purpose of The Lottery?

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

4. What is the name of the synagogue that straddles the "Jewish/Human fault line" (10)?

5. Who is nicknamed the "Clumsy One?"

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