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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "terrible thing" does Yankel feel father's have the right to do?
(a) Hit them.
(b) Read their daughter's diary.
(c) Give them away at their wedding.
(d) Feel lonely.

2. Who is watching Brod when she finds Yankel?
(a) Safran.
(b) Kolker.
(c) No one.
(d) Sofiowka.

3. Who is nicknamed the "Clumsy One?"
(a) Jonathen.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Alexander.
(d) Little Igor.

4. Yankel was once known by what other name?
(a) Jonathan.
(b) Kolker.
(c) Didl.
(d) Safran.

5. Throughout the novel, who is Jonathan looking for?
(a) Safran.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) Augustine.
(d) His grandfather.

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

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

8. What lie does Yankel tell himself?
(a) "I am young."
(b) "I am not sad."
(c) "I am Brod's biological father."
(d) "I am strong."

9. What does Little Igor's father buy him in an attempt to make him feel better?
(a) A car.
(b) A trip.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A horse.

10. Who said "We must go backward in order to go forward" (37)?
(a) The Rabbi.
(b) Yankel.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) Didl.

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

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

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

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

15. Why is Sammy Davis Junior, Junior with the group?
(a) She is the tour guide for Jonathan.
(b) She is there to entertain them.
(c) She is there for company.
(d) She is the seeing eye dog for Grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Tolerable Rabbi call the winner "Kolker"?

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

3. 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)?

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

5. How is the town divided?

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