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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Yankel doing before he is told he will be a father?
(a) Flirting with another woman.
(b) Working at the flour mill.
(c) Listening to the Book of Recurrent Dreams.
(d) Working in the fields.

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

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

8. Who wins the Trachimday parade game?
(a) Yankel.
(b) Sofiowka.
(c) Shalom.
(d) Brod.

9. What does the note that Yankel wrote say?
(a) Everything for Brod.
(b) I am sorry.
(c) You are Yankel. You love Brod.
(d) I did it for myself.

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

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

12. In "The Beginning of the World Often Comes," who finds debris in the river?
(a) Brod.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Alex.
(d) Hannah and Chana.

13. What is written on the note Yankel found on his welcome mat?
(a) "I'll be back soon, don't worry."
(b) "I had to do it for myself."
(c) "I hate you."
(d) "Don't look for me. I will not be back."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the synagogue that straddles the "Jewish/Human fault line" (10)?

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

3. Why does Alex misuse words?

4. What is Jonathan afraid of?

5. Yankel was once known by what other name?

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