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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Alex live?
(a) America.
(b) Germany.
(c) The Ukraine.
(d) Russia.

2. What does Yankel do with the note that his wife left him?
(a) He rips it up.
(b) He tries to lose it.
(c) He keeps it in his pocket at all times.
(d) He burns it.

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

4. How many entries did the Rabbi receive for the lottery?
(a) 7.
(b) 52.
(c) 114.
(d) 49.

5. How is the town divided?
(a) It is divided into the Jewish Half and the Christian Half.
(b) It is divided into the Jewish Quarter and the Human Three-Quarters.
(c) It is divided into the Russian Quarter, the Polish Quarter, and the Jewish Half.
(d) It is divided into the Rich District and the Ghetto.

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

7. Why does the Tolerable Rabbi call the winner "Kolker"?
(a) Because he is from Kolki.
(b) Because he is a cook.
(c) Because he is from Kolkensberg.
(d) Because of his profession.

8. What name is chosen for the shtetl in a lottery?
(a) Trachimbrod.
(b) Shtetl.
(c) Sofiowka.
(d) Brod.

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

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

11. What ailment does Grandfather claim to have?
(a) He claims to have a trick knee.
(b) He claims to be deaf.
(c) He claims to be blind.
(d) He claims to have a broken toe.

12. Who wins the second lottery?
(a) Brod.
(b) Chana.
(c) Yankel.
(d) Sofiowka.

13. How many sadness's does Brod discover?
(a) 613.
(b) 144.
(c) 21.
(d) 7.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in the photo that Jonathan shows to Alex?

2. Which statement is an accurate description of Jonathan?

3. What "terrible thing" does Yankel feel father's have the right to do?

4. Who says"I must say that the dream that we are our fathers made me melancholy" (54)?

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

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