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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. Who says "I mount the autobus for an hour to work all day doing things I hate. You want to know why? It is for you . . . One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be a family" (2)?
(a) Alex's grandfather.
(b) Alex's mother.
(c) Alex.
(d) Alex's father.

2. What do Alex and Jonathan do together while waiting for Grandfather and the old woman to finish talking?
(a) They skin the corn and talk.
(b) They decide to write a novel together.
(c) They read.
(d) They peel potatoes.

3. What ailment does Grandfather claim to have?
(a) He claims to have a broken toe.
(b) He claims to be deaf.
(c) He claims to have a trick knee.
(d) He claims to be blind.

4. What is The Book of Recurrent Dreams?
(a) A book in which the history of Trachimbrod is written.
(b) A book about following dreams.
(c) A book in which congregants write dreams they have had.
(d) A book about the dreams of prophets.

5. What does the Gypsy girl want to do with Safran?
(a) She wants to get married.
(b) She wants to run away together.
(c) She wants to play games.
(d) She wants to break up.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Yankel write his life history?

2. Who is Little Igor?

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

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

5. What is the most important item found in the river?

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