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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 makes Lista unique?
(a) She inspires Safran to bathe.
(b) She can tie a cherry stem in a knot.
(c) She is a Gypsy.
(d) She dresses immaculately.

2. What would Alex name a town if given the chance?
(a) Augustine or Odessa.
(b) Safran or Foer.
(c) Alex or Little Igor.
(d) Kolki or Odessa.

3. Who is watching Brod when she finds Yankel?
(a) Safran.
(b) Sofiowka.
(c) No one.
(d) Kolker.

4. What does Alex admit to Jonathan in the "Letter Dated 17 November 1997"?
(a) Alex admits that he has stolen to get money for his trip to America.
(b) Alex admits that he cries all the time.
(c) Alex admits that he did not like Jonathan at first.
(d) Alex admits that he has never been carnal with a woman.

5. When does the old woman want out of the car?
(a) When they get to Trachimbrod.
(b) When it is stopped.
(c) When they ask too many questions.
(d) When it makes noise.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the old woman?

2. What are the Ukrainians celebrating when Jonathan arrives?

3. Who said "We must go backward in order to go forward" (37)?

4. What happens to Jonathan's documents?

5. 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)?

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