Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who claims that it was Trachim who drove into the river?
(a) Shalom.
(b) Sofiowka.
(c) Yankel.
(d) Hannah.

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

3. What is Jonathan afraid of?
(a) Hurting his grandfather.
(b) Dogs.
(c) The truth.
(d) Not finding Augustine.

4. Who does Alex fall in love with?
(a) Jonathan.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Chana.
(d) Augustine.

5. How do Brod and Yankel earn a living?
(a) They rent books from their personal library to the town people.
(b) They work in the public library.
(c) They fix anything from broken jars to broken doors.
(d) They work in the field.

6. Who is in the photo that Jonathan shows to Alex?
(a) Jonathan's grandfather and Augustine.
(b) Alex's grandfather and grandmother.
(c) Grandfather and Eli.
(d) Jonathan and his girlfriend.

7. How does Brod dress for the parade?
(a) She dresses in traditional Upright clothing.
(b) She dresses like a princess.
(c) She dresses as a mermaid.
(d) She dresses in traditional Sloucher clothing.

8. 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 mother.
(b) Alex.
(c) Alex's grandfather.
(d) Alex's father.

9. What do both Alex and Jonathan believe about the people in the photograph?
(a) They think the people are in love.
(b) They think the people are dead.
(c) They think the people are sad.
(d) They think the people are beautiful.

10. What would Alex name a town if given the chance?
(a) Alex or Little Igor.
(b) Safran or Foer.
(c) Augustine or Odessa.
(d) Kolki or Odessa.

11. What does Alex claim to be?
(a) An excellent cook.
(b) Celibate.
(c) An accountant.
(d) A lady's man.

12. Who is the first character introduced in the book?
(a) Jonathen Safran Foer.
(b) Alexander Perchov.
(c) Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior.
(d) Grandfather.

13. Brod sees a picture in her telescope. What is written on the back?
(a) "This is me with Augustine, February 21, 1943."
(b) "I did it for myself."
(c) "The Book of Antecedents."
(d) "Alex and Jonathan, 1997."

14. What does Yankel dream about?
(a) He dreams about his work.
(b) He dreams about traveling to America.
(c) He dreams about living forever with Brod.
(d) He dreams about his ex-wife.

15. How old is Little Igor?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Twenty-two.
(c) Five.
(d) Fourteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Yankel doing before he is told he will be a father?

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

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

4. According to Alex, what is Grandfather like after the trip to Lutsk?

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

(see the answer keys)

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