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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. What "terrible thing" does Yankel feel father's have the right to do?
(a) Give them away at their wedding.
(b) Read their daughter's diary.
(c) Feel lonely.
(d) Hit them.

2. 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)?
(a) Jonathan.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Brod.
(d) Alex.

3. What is the name of Grandfather's dog?
(a) Little Igor.
(b) Rolf.
(c) Alexander.
(d) Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior.

4. What evidence does Yankel, Brod's "father," give that Brod's "mother" loved him?
(a) Books Brod's mother gave him.
(b) Photographs.
(c) Jewelry her "mother" gave him.
(d) Love letters that Yankel wrote to himself with his left hand.

5. Who wins the second lottery?
(a) Brod.
(b) Sofiowka.
(c) Chana.
(d) Yankel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yankel have in his hands when he dies?

2. Who wins the Trachimday parade game?

3. What is the official name of the shtetl?

4. Where does Yankel write his life history?

5. What is Alex hired to do?

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