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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Falling in Love, 1791-1803; Recurrent Secrets, 1791-1943; A Parade, A Death, A Proposition, 1804-1969; Letter Dated 28 October 1997; A Very Rigid Search.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Brod and Yankel earn a living?
(a) They work in the public library.
(b) They rent books from their personal library to the town people.
(c) They fix anything from broken jars to broken doors.
(d) They work in the field.

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

3. What name is chosen for the shtetl in a lottery?
(a) Shtetl.
(b) Sofiowka.
(c) Brod.
(d) Trachimbrod.

4. What does Yankel do with the note that his wife left him?
(a) He rips it up.
(b) He burns it.
(c) He tries to lose it.
(d) He keeps it in his pocket at all times.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Ukrainians celebrating when Jonathan arrives?

2. Who says"I must say that the dream that we are our fathers made me melancholy" (54)?

3. Where does Yankel write his life history?

4. What is written on the note Yankel found on his welcome mat?

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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