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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Yankel write his life history?
(a) He writes it in the Book of Recurrent Dreams.
(b) He writes it on his bedroom ceiling.
(c) He writes it in his diary.
(d) He writes it in the Book of Antecedents.

2. How long does it take the baby to choose a name?
(a) Seven minutes.
(b) Two days.
(c) Seven days.
(d) Two minutes.

3. In "The Very Rigid Search," what does Alex say that makes the old woman admit she knows about Trachimbrod?
(a) "Have you ever witnessed anyone in the photograph?"
(b) "Leniency, I do not want to pester you."
(c) "Has anyone in this photograph ever witnessed you?"
(d) "Have you ever heard of a town dubbed Sofiowka?"

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

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

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

7. In "The Lottery, 1791," where are the men when in the synagogue?
(a) They are standing around the Torah.
(b) They are kneeling on the floor.
(c) They are hanging on ropes.
(d) They are sitting in pews.

8. What is Alex hired to do?
(a) Translate.
(b) Park cars.
(c) Carry luggage.
(d) Drive the car.

9. The original Sammy Davis Junior was what?
(a) A pilot.
(b) A Christian.
(c) A Jew.
(d) A bad singer.

10. 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.
(b) Alex's father.
(c) Alex's mother.
(d) Alex's grandfather.

11. By the time she is twelve, how many men have proposed to Brod?
(a) Three.
(b) None.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Every man in the shtetl.

12. What does Jonathan imagine Brod looks like?
(a) Tall with green eyes.
(b) Skinny with dark hair.
(c) Thin with blonde hair.
(d) Chubby with mismatched eyes.

13. In a vision, Brod sees a boy reading from the Book of Antecedents. What is the title of the section he is reading from?
(a) "Sadness."
(b) "This is me with Augustine, February 21, 1943."
(c) "The First Rape of Brod D."
(d) "The dream of living forever with Brod."

14. 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.

15. Who says"I must say that the dream that we are our fathers made me melancholy" (54)?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Brod.
(c) Alex.
(d) Jonathan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jonathan afraid of?

2. What is the name of Grandfather's dog?

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

4. How do the people celebrate Trachimday?

5. Who is Little Igor?

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