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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Wedding Reception Was So Extraordinary or It All Goes Downhill After the Wedding, 1941; The Dupe of Chance, 1941-1924; The Thickness of Blood and Drama, 1934; Letter Dated 12 December 1997; What We Saw When We Saw Trachimbrod or Falling in Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Alex hired to do?
(a) Carry luggage.
(b) Drive the car.
(c) Translate.
(d) Park cars.

3. What is the result of Kolker's injuries?
(a) Kolker has random violent emotional outbursts.
(b) Kolker is more attentive to his wife.
(c) Kolker is unable to work and becomes depressed.
(d) Kolker dies.

4. By the time she is twelve, how many men have proposed to Brod?
(a) None.
(b) Three.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Every man in the shtetl.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Alex and Jonathan do together while waiting for Grandfather and the old woman to finish talking?

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

3. Concerning Jonathan's novel, what does Alex ask Jonathan to do?

4. What is done with the Kolker's body after he dies?

5. What is the name of Grandfather's dog?

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