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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What lie does Yankel tell himself?
(a) "I am Brod's biological father."
(b) "I am strong."
(c) "I am young."
(d) "I am not sad."

7. 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)?
(a) Jonathan.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Alex.
(d) Brod.

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

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

10. What synagogue does Yankel belong to?
(a) The Shalom Temple.
(b) The Upright Synagogue.
(c) The Trachimbrod Synagogue.
(d) The Slouching Synagogue.

11. Who is nicknamed the "Clumsy One?"
(a) Alexander.
(b) Little Igor.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) Jonathen.

12. What is the name of the synagogue that straddles the "Jewish/Human fault line" (10)?
(a) The Shalom Temple.
(b) The Upright Synagogue.
(c) The Trachimbrod Synagogue.
(d) The Sloucher Synagogue.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Brod sees a picture in her telescope. What is written on the back?

3. According to Alex, why does Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior like Jonathan so much?

4. What do the women of Trachimbrod call Brod behind her back?

5. How many sadness's does Brod discover?

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