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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. 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.

2. What is The Book of Recurrent Dreams?
(a) A book about the dreams of prophets.
(b) A book about following dreams.
(c) A book in which congregants write dreams they have had.
(d) A book in which the history of Trachimbrod is written.

3. Who wrote the "Letter Dated 23 September 1997"?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Yankel.
(d) Alex.

4. Who said "We must go backward in order to go forward" (37)?
(a) Didl.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Yankel.
(d) The Rabbi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Little Igor?

2. What does Yankel do when he gets to the river?

3. In "The Beginning of the World Often Comes," who finds debris in the river?

4. Why does the Tolerable Rabbi call the winner "Kolker"?

5. What does Alex's father call him?

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