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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 is Jonathan afraid of?
(a) Not finding Augustine.
(b) Dogs.
(c) The truth.
(d) Hurting his grandfather.

2. What does Yankel do with the note that his wife left him?
(a) He tries to lose it.
(b) He burns it.
(c) He rips it up.
(d) He keeps it in his pocket at all times.

3. Who does Alex think was "born to be a writer"?
(a) Alex.
(b) Safran.
(c) Little Igor.
(d) Jonathan.

4. What does Safran get paid to do by the Sloucher congregation?
(a) Remodel the Double House.
(b) Visit widows.
(c) Go to the movies.
(d) Read to the illiterate.

5. How many entries did the Rabbi receive for the lottery?
(a) 52.
(b) 49.
(c) 114.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Alex reads Jonathan's journal, what story does he find?

2. What is the official name of the shtetl?

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

4. Who is the first character introduced in the book?

5. Why is Little Igor sad on his birthday?

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