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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the old woman's father was told to do something or his wife would be shot, what did he do?
(a) He cursed them.
(b) He refused.
(c) He did as told.
(d) He laughed.

2. What is in all of the boxes in the old woman's house?
(a) The woman's favorite photographs.
(b) Documents that need to be filed.
(c) The only items remaining of Trachimbrod.
(d) Old newspapers about the war.

3. What did the Nazi's first do when they came to Trachimbrod?
(a) Give chocolate to the children.
(b) Blow everything up.
(c) Shoot people at random.
(d) Burn down the synagogue.

4. Who is in the picture Grandfather pulled from the "In Case" box?
(a) Safran and Zosha.
(b) Grandfather and Herschel.
(c) Augustine and Safran.
(d) Lista and Herschel.

5. What book did Jonathan find in the "In Case" box?
(a) The Book of Past Occurrences.
(b) Brod's Diary.
(c) Safran's Diary.
(d) The Book of Recurrent Dreams.

6. Who has a ticket for the same seat at the theater as Safran?
(a) The Gypsy girl.
(b) Zosha.
(c) Rose.
(d) Lista P.

7. At the end of "The Dial, 1941-1804-1941," Brod tells Kolker that she loves him and "for the first time in her life, the words had meaning" (139). Why do the words have meaning now?
(a) The Kolker told her the truth about her father.
(b) The Kolker has given her a baby.
(c) The Kolker has given her perfume.
(d) The Kolker is dying.

8. Who does Alex think was "born to be a writer"?
(a) Jonathan.
(b) Little Igor.
(c) Safran.
(d) Alex.

9. Why doesn't Brod want her husband to go to work?
(a) The flour mill is cursed.
(b) She cannot stand being alone.
(c) His work is too strenuous.
(d) She likes having him at home.

10. What does Alex admit to Jonathan in the "Letter Dated 17 November 1997"?
(a) Alex admits that he has stolen to get money for his trip to America.
(b) Alex admits that he cries all the time.
(c) Alex admits that he did not like Jonathan at first.
(d) Alex admits that he has never been carnal with a woman.

11. What does Grandfather pull out of the "In Case" box the first time?
(a) Pearls.
(b) A map.
(c) A candle.
(d) A book.

12. Concerning Jonathan's novel, what does Alex ask Jonathan to do?
(a) He asks Jonathan to write about his Grandfather's past.
(b) He asks Jonathan to not write about his Grandfather's past.
(c) He asks Jonathan to delete Augustine from the story.
(d) He asks Jonathan to have Grandfather and Augustine converse.

13. The old woman who knows about Trachimbrod also knew Jonathan's grandfather, Safran. What does she ask Alex to tell Jonathan?
(a) Safran hated her.
(b) Safran loved her.
(c) She was supposed to marry Safran.
(d) She received her first kiss from Safran.

14. What does the woman give Jonathan?
(a) A picture of his grandfather and grandmother.
(b) A kiss.
(c) A book his grandfather had given her.
(d) A box with the words "In Case" written on it.

15. "The Dial, 1941-1804-1941" goes back and forth between two stories. Who are the two stories about?
(a) Yankel and Brod.
(b) Alex and Little Igor.
(c) Safran and Zosha.
(d) Jonathan's grandfather and Brod.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Safran go see after he finds the Gypsy girl in his home?

2. Where is the wedding reception held?

3. What does Alex think the limp arm symbolizes?

4. How many times do Joseph and Sarah L. get married?

5. When Alex reads Jonathan's journal, what story does he find?

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