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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Safran get paid to do by the Sloucher congregation?
(a) Visit widows.
(b) Go to the movies.
(c) Remodel the Double House.
(d) Read to the illiterate.

3. What does Alex's father do that makes Alex mad?
(a) He hits Alex.
(b) He jokes with Alex about Jewish people.
(c) He jokes with Alex about sex.
(d) He hits Grandfather.

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

5. What is done with the Kolker's body after he dies?
(a) Brod burns the house down with his body in it.
(b) He is thrown into the Brod River.
(c) He is bronzed and put in the town square.
(d) He is buried in the garden.

6. In "Letter Dated 26 January 1998," what does Alex do with the division Jonathan sent him?
(a) He gave it to Samy Davis Junior, Junior.
(b) He read it to Little Igor.
(c) He gave it to Father.
(d) He read it to Grandfather.

7. Who approaches Alex while he is at the beach?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) The police.
(c) Father.
(d) Little Igor.

8. What is different about Safran when he is born?
(a) Safran is born with a limp arm.
(b) Safran is born with teeth.
(c) Safran is born with hair.
(d) Safran is born prematurely.

9. In "What We Saw When We Saw Trachimbrod or Falling in Love," who says "I don't want to hear any more?"
(a) Jonathan.
(b) Alex.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) The old woman.

10. What is the relationship between "The Dial" and Safran?
(a) The Dial is a tradition and nothing else.
(b) The Dial is Safran's father.
(c) The Dial is Safran's good luck charm.
(d) The Dial is Safran's great-great-great grandfather.

11. Who is the old woman?
(a) The Gypsy.
(b) Augustine.
(c) Lista.
(d) Zosha.

12. What makes Lista unique?
(a) She dresses immaculately.
(b) She can tie a cherry stem in a knot.
(c) She is a Gypsy.
(d) She inspires Safran to bathe.

13. What do Jonathan, Alex, and Grandfather see when they finally reach Trachimbrod?
(a) A ghost town.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The foundations of where buildings used to be.
(d) Rubble.

14. What do Alex and Jonathan do together while waiting for Grandfather and the old woman to finish talking?
(a) They skin the corn and talk.
(b) They peel potatoes.
(c) They decide to write a novel together.
(d) They read.

15. What happens to the Kolker when he goes to work?
(a) He is robbed.
(b) He has a saw blade imbedded in his head.
(c) He loses an arm to the machinery.
(d) He dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Letter Dated 26 January 1998," what did Alex tell Jonathan he did for the first time ever?

2. Why are the Gypsy girl and Safran unable to be together?

3. What does the Gypsy girl want to do with Safran?

4. What does Grandfather say to the woman they meet in "Falling in Love" that is out of character?

5. Who does Alex think was "born to be a writer"?

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