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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Little Igor sad on his birthday?
(a) He has a broken leg.
(b) He did not get a cake.
(c) He has a broken arm.
(d) He did not get a bike.

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

3. What is Grandfather hired to do?
(a) Cook.
(b) Park cars.
(c) Translate.
(d) Drive the car.

4. 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) "This is me with Augustine, February 21, 1943."
(b) "The First Rape of Brod D."
(c) "Sadness."
(d) "The dream of living forever with Brod."

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

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

7. What does Yankel have in his hands when he dies?
(a) A drink and a cigar.
(b) A note and his abacus bead.
(c) Lipstick and a book.
(d) A note and Brod's diary.

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

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

10. What does Alex's father call him?
(a) Shapka.
(b) Alexi-stop-spleening-me.
(c) Alex.
(d) Clumsy One.

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

12. Where does Alex keep the money that he saves?
(a) In the cookie box in the kitchen.
(b) In his wallet.
(c) In the bank.
(d) Under his mattress.

13. What is the name of Grandfather's dog?
(a) Little Igor.
(b) Alexander.
(c) Rolf.
(d) Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior.

14. Where does Grandfather suggest Jonathan go to fall in love?
(a) Miami.
(b) Odessa.
(c) Kolki.
(d) New York.

15. Which statement would most accurately describe Brod?
(a) Brod is crippled, but beautiful.
(b) Brod is beautiful and lonely.
(c) Brod is blissfully happy.
(d) Brod is blind and grumpy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The original Sammy Davis Junior was what?

2. How do Brod and Yankel earn a living?

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

4. Yankel was once known by what other name?

5. What would Alex name a town if given the chance?

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