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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The old woman tells that when the Nazis came all the men were lined up and told to do what or their family would die?
(a) Choose who would get shot.
(b) Spit on the Torah.
(c) Give them their valuables.
(d) Identify a Jewish person.

2. When does the old woman want out of the car?
(a) When they get to Trachimbrod.
(b) When they ask too many questions.
(c) When it is stopped.
(d) When it makes noise.

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

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

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

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

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 has given her a baby.
(b) The Kolker is dying.
(c) The Kolker has given her perfume.
(d) The Kolker told her the truth about her father.

8. When Alex reads Jonathan's journal, what story does he find?
(a) A story about something he has not done yet.
(b) A story about Augustine.
(c) A story about his past.
(d) A story about Grandfather.

9. In "Letter Dated 26 January 1998," what does Alex tell about Grandfather?
(a) Grandfather found Augustine.
(b) Grandfather has found the money to look for Augustine.
(c) Grandfather killed himself.
(d) Grandfather has fought with Father.

10. What does the Gypsy girl want to do with Safran?
(a) She wants to run away together.
(b) She wants to get married.
(c) She wants to play games.
(d) She wants to break up.

11. Who does Safran meet up with at the wedding reception?
(a) Lista.
(b) Maya.
(c) The Gypsy girl.
(d) Zosha.

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

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

14. Why are the Gypsy girl and Safran unable to be together?
(a) Because she is a Gypsy and he is a Jew.
(b) Because she is smart and he is not.
(c) Because she is poor and he is rich.
(d) Because of his arm.

15. How did Jonathan's grandmother survive the war?
(a) She jumped in the river.
(b) She pretended to not be Jewish.
(c) She left before the Nazis arrived.
(d) She hid in the basement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandfather want to do with Alex's money?

2. When Safran meets the Gypsy, what is the subject of the play they are watching?

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

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

5. In "What We Saw When We Saw Trachimbrod or Falling in Love," who says "I don't want to hear any more?"

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