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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Falling in Love, 1934-1941; Letter Dated 24 December 1997; An Overture to Illumination; Falling in Love, 1934-1941; Letter Dated 26 January 1998.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Grandfather "murder?"
(a) Father.
(b) Safran.
(c) Herschel.
(d) Anna.

2. What do Jonathan, Alex, and Grandfather see when they finally reach Trachimbrod?
(a) A ghost town.
(b) The foundations of where buildings used to be.
(c) Rubble.
(d) Nothing.

3. What book did Jonathan find in the "In Case" box?
(a) The Book of Past Occurrences.
(b) The Book of Recurrent Dreams.
(c) Safran's Diary.
(d) Brod's Diary.

4. What does Jonathan imagine Brod looks like?
(a) Skinny with dark hair.
(b) Tall with green eyes.
(c) Chubby with mismatched eyes.
(d) Thin with blonde hair.

5. What name is chosen for the shtetl in a lottery?
(a) Brod.
(b) Sofiowka.
(c) Trachimbrod.
(d) Shtetl.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Beginning of the World Often Comes," who finds debris in the river?

2. What does Sammy Davis Junior, Junior do to the shirt that she was given to look official?

3. What do both Alex and Jonathan believe about the people in the photograph?

4. What is Grandfather hired to do?

5. The old woman who knows about Trachimbrod also knew Jonathan's grandfather, Safran. What does she ask Alex to tell Jonathan?

(see the answer key)

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