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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. Which statement is an accurate description of Jonathan?
(a) Jonathan is Ukrainian and a vegetarian.
(b) Jonathan is an American and a womanizer.
(c) Jonathan is an American and a vegetarian.
(d) Jonathan is Ukrainian and a pacifist.

2. Who wrote the "Letter Dated 23 September 1997"?
(a) Jonathan.
(b) Alex.
(c) Yankel.
(d) Grandfather.

3. When the old woman saw Safran again years after the town was destroyed, what did they do?
(a) They had lunch, a bath, and a fight.
(b) They cried.
(c) They cursed the Nazis.
(d) They told stories about the people they knew.

4. 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) Old newspapers about the war.
(d) The only items remaining of Trachimbrod.

5. When Alex reads Jonathan's journal, what story does he find?
(a) A story about something he has not done yet.
(b) A story about his past.
(c) A story about Grandfather.
(d) A story about Augustine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Little Igor sad on his birthday?

2. Which statement would most accurately describe Brod?

3. What is the official name of the shtetl?

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

5. Where does Yankel write his life history?

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