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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Illumination; The Wedding Reception Was So Extraordinary! Or The End of the Moment That Never Ends, 1941; The First Blasts, and Then Love, 1941; The Persnicketiness of Memory, 1941; The Beginning of the World Often Comes, 1942-1791; Letter Dated 22 Januar.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Alex's money at the end of the novel?
(a) His Father took it.
(b) Alex used it to go to America.
(c) His Grandfather took it.
(d) Little Igor took it.

2. The old woman who knows about Trachimbrod also knew Jonathan's grandfather, Safran. What does she ask Alex to tell Jonathan?
(a) She received her first kiss from Safran.
(b) Safran loved her.
(c) She was supposed to marry Safran.
(d) Safran hated her.

3. In the "Letter Dated 28 October 1997," what does Alex say that he catches his grandfather doing?
(a) Reading a letter.
(b) Kissing a woman.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Crying.

4. What evidence does Yankel, Brod's "father," give that Brod's "mother" loved him?
(a) Books Brod's mother gave him.
(b) Photographs.
(c) Jewelry her "mother" gave him.
(d) Love letters that Yankel wrote to himself with his left hand.

5. Why does Alex misuse words?
(a) He cannot spell.
(b) Hetries to be smarter than he is.
(c) He is illiterate.
(d) He is not a native English speaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Lottery, 1791," who wins the lottery?

2. What book did Jonathan find in the "In Case" box?

3. What synagogue does Yankel belong to?

4. Who says"I must say that the dream that we are our fathers made me melancholy" (54)?

5. Concerning marriage, what does Yankel request of Brod?

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