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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. In "Letter Dated 26 January 1998," what does Alex do with the division Jonathan sent him?
(a) He read it to Little Igor.
(b) He gave it to Father.
(c) He read it to Grandfather.
(d) He gave it to Samy Davis Junior, Junior.

2. In "The Lottery, 1791," what is the name of the synagogue where the Rabbi does NOT want the baby to go?
(a) The Upright Synagogue.
(b) The Trachimbrod Synagogue.
(c) The Shalom Temple.
(d) The Slouching Synagogue.

3. In "Letter Dated 12 December 1997," what does Alex say is the reason he does not remove his father from his life?
(a) Love.
(b) Weakness.
(c) His father has changed.
(d) Cowardice.

4. What is the name of the synagogue that straddles the "Jewish/Human fault line" (10)?
(a) The Trachimbrod Synagogue.
(b) The Upright Synagogue.
(c) The Shalom Temple.
(d) The Sloucher Synagogue.

5. What did the Nazis do to the Jewish people in Grandfather's town?
(a) They took them to the death camps.
(b) They left them alone.
(c) They burned them alive in the synagogue.
(d) They shot them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do the people celebrate Trachimday?

3. Why is Sammy Davis Junior, Junior with the group?

4. What does Alex think the limp arm symbolizes?

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

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