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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. Who claims that it was Trachim who drove into the river?
(a) Shalom.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Yankel.
(d) Sofiowka.

4. According to Alex, what is Grandfather like after the trip to Lutsk?
(a) Defeated.
(b) Reenergized.
(c) Older.
(d) Younger.

5. 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.

6. Who does Jonathan want to cut from the story?
(a) Augustine.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior.
(d) Alex.

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

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

9. Which statement is an accurate description of Jonathan?
(a) Jonathan is Ukrainian and a pacifist.
(b) Jonathan is an American and a womanizer.
(c) Jonathan is an American and a vegetarian.
(d) Jonathan is Ukrainian and a vegetarian.

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

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

12. What does Alex do with the money he makes?
(a) He goes to the discotheques.
(b) He gives it to Little Igor.
(c) He saves it.
(d) He spends it on women.

13. What happens to Jonathan's documents?
(a) Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior ate them.
(b) Alex ate them.
(c) They were stolen.
(d) The police confiscated them.

14. Who does Alex fall in love with?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Chana.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) Augustine.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Alex live?

2. What lie does Yankel tell himself?

3. In the "Letter Dated 28 October 1997," what does Alex say that he catches his grandfather doing?

4. What does Alex claim to be?

5. Yankel was once known by what other name?

(see the answer keys)

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