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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Book of Recurrent Dreams, 1791; Falling in Love, 1791-1796; Another Lottery, 1791; Letter Dated 23 September 1997; Going Forth to Lutsk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Alex misuse words?
(a) He is illiterate.
(b) He is not a native English speaker.
(c) Hetries to be smarter than he is.
(d) He cannot spell.

2. Who is in the photo that Jonathan shows to Alex?
(a) Alex's grandfather and grandmother.
(b) Grandfather and Eli.
(c) Jonathan and his girlfriend.
(d) Jonathan's grandfather and Augustine.

3. In "The Beginning of the World Often Comes," who finds debris in the river?
(a) Alex.
(b) Hannah and Chana.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) Brod.

4. The original Sammy Davis Junior was what?
(a) A bad singer.
(b) A Jew.
(c) A pilot.
(d) A Christian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yankel wear that distinguishes him from everyone else?

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

3. What is the official name of the shtetl?

4. In "The Lottery, 1791," who wins the lottery?

5. 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)?

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