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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. What "terrible thing" does Yankel feel father's have the right to do?
(a) Hit them.
(b) Feel lonely.
(c) Give them away at their wedding.
(d) Read their daughter's diary.

2. What is in all of the boxes in the old woman's house?
(a) Documents that need to be filed.
(b) The woman's favorite photographs.
(c) The only items remaining of Trachimbrod.
(d) Old newspapers about the war.

3. What does the note that Yankel wrote say?
(a) You are Yankel. You love Brod.
(b) I did it for myself.
(c) Everything for Brod.
(d) I am sorry.

4. After leaving Lista and drinking vodka, what do Grandfather, Alex, and Jonathan argue about?
(a) What to talk about.
(b) What to eat.
(c) Where to go the next day.
(d) Whether or not they should open the box.

5. How do the people celebrate Trachimday?
(a) They drive their wagons into the Brod river.
(b) They dance at the river.
(c) They throw sacks into the river for men to dive after.
(d) They dance around a bonfire.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Alex feel about Safran having sex with older women and women who are not his wife?

2. What name is chosen for the shtetl in a lottery?

3. In a vision, Brod sees a boy reading from the Book of Antecedents. What is the title of the section he is reading from?

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

5. What happens to Jonathan's documents?

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