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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. According to Alex, what is Grandfather like after the trip to Lutsk?
(a) Younger.
(b) Defeated.
(c) Older.
(d) Reenergized.

2. How do Brod and Yankel earn a living?
(a) They work in the public library.
(b) They fix anything from broken jars to broken doors.
(c) They rent books from their personal library to the town people.
(d) They work in the field.

3. Who is in the photo that Jonathan shows to Alex?
(a) Grandfather and Eli.
(b) Jonathan and his girlfriend.
(c) Jonathan's grandfather and Augustine.
(d) Alex's grandfather and grandmother.

4. Concerning marriage, what does Yankel request of Brod?
(a) He asks her to wait until he dies.
(b) He asks her to never get married.
(c) He asks that she choose someone rich.
(d) He asks that she choose someone for love.

5. How did Jonathan's grandmother survive the war?
(a) She jumped in the river.
(b) She pretended to not be Jewish.
(c) She hid in the basement.
(d) She left before the Nazis arrived.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lie does Yankel tell himself?

2. What does Alex claim to be?

3. What is the purpose of The Lottery?

4. When the old woman saw Safran again years after the town was destroyed, what did they do?

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

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