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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 does Sammy Davis Junior, Junior do to the shirt that she was given to look official?
(a) She has thrown it away.
(b) She ripped it.
(c) She eats part of it.
(d) Nothing.

2. Who is the first character introduced in the book?
(a) Alexander Perchov.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Jonathen Safran Foer.
(d) Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior.

3. What is Yankel doing before he is told he will be a father?
(a) Listening to the Book of Recurrent Dreams.
(b) Working in the fields.
(c) Flirting with another woman.
(d) Working at the flour mill.

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

5. When Alex picks up Jonathan, where does Jonathan say he wants to go?
(a) Lutsk.
(b) Odessa.
(c) Trachimrod.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Alex, what is Grandfather like after the trip to Lutsk?

2. What "terrible thing" does Yankel feel father's have the right to do?

3. 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)?

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

5. Who is in the photo that Jonathan shows to Alex?

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