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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. Who does Alex fall in love with?
(a) Chana.
(b) Augustine.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Jonathan.

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

3. What ailment does Grandfather claim to have?
(a) He claims to have a trick knee.
(b) He claims to be deaf.
(c) He claims to be blind.
(d) He claims to have a broken toe.

4. What does Alex's father call him?
(a) Shapka.
(b) Alexi-stop-spleening-me.
(c) Alex.
(d) Clumsy One.

5. What is the name of the synagogue that straddles the "Jewish/Human fault line" (10)?
(a) The Sloucher Synagogue.
(b) The Upright Synagogue.
(c) The Trachimbrod Synagogue.
(d) The Shalom Temple.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the town divided?

2. How long does it take the baby to choose a name?

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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