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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) Skinny with dark hair.
(b) Tall with green eyes.
(c) Chubby with mismatched eyes.
(d) Thin with blonde hair.

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

3. 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 Upright Synagogue.
(d) The Trachimbrod Synagogue.

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

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

6. What does Sammy Davis Junior, Junior do to the shirt that she was given to look official?
(a) Nothing.
(b) She ripped it.
(c) She eats part of it.
(d) She has thrown it away.

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

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

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

10. What is The Book of Recurrent Dreams?
(a) A book in which the history of Trachimbrod is written.
(b) A book about the dreams of prophets.
(c) A book about following dreams.
(d) A book in which congregants write dreams they have had.

11. What is the most important item found in the river?
(a) A baby girl.
(b) A bag of gold.
(c) A treasure chest.
(d) Trachim's body.

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

13. What do the women of Trachimbrod call Brod behind her back?
(a) Schmuck.
(b) The mermaid.
(c) Skinny little brat.
(d) Dirty river girl.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says "the bruises go away, and so does how you hate, and so does the feeling that everything you receive in life is something you have earned" (68)?

2. How do Brod and Yankel earn a living?

3. How many entries did the Rabbi receive for the lottery?

4. Throughout the novel, who is Jonathan looking for?

5. In a vision, Brod sees a boy reading from the Book of Antecedents. What is the title of the section he is reading from?

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