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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grandfather want to do with Alex's money?
(a) Look for Augustine.
(b) Buy a home for himself and Little Igor.
(c) Buy a new car.
(d) Look for Kolki.

2. After leaving Lista and drinking vodka, what do Grandfather, Alex, and Jonathan argue about?
(a) Whether or not they should open the box.
(b) Where to go the next day.
(c) What to eat.
(d) What to talk about.

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

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

5. Who does Safran go see after he finds the Gypsy girl in his home?
(a) Father.
(b) Zosha.
(c) The Rabbi.
(d) Lista.

6. What is written on Sofiowka's chest when he is found dead?
(a) Trachimbrod.
(b) Rapist.
(c) Sorry.
(d) Animal.

7. 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.

8. 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) The old woman.
(c) Alex.
(d) Grandfather.

9. What is odd about traveling to Trachimbrod with the old woman?
(a) She rides shotgun.
(b) She rides in a wheel chair with Sammy Davis Junior, Junior on her lap.
(c) Grandfather carries her.
(d) She walks in front of the car.

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

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

12. Who is Alex referring to when he says, "it is as if after surviving so much, there was no longer a reason to survive" (143)?
(a) Jonathan's grandfather.
(b) Jonathan's grandmother.
(c) Alex's Grandfather.
(d) Brod.

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

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

15. What do Grandfather, Alex, and Jonathan have for dinner after they leave Lista?
(a) They eat nothing.
(b) They eat sausage.
(c) They eat peanuts.
(d) They eat salad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Safran meet up with at the wedding reception?

2. Why does everyone read from the Book of Antecedents?

3. What does Alex think the limp arm symbolizes?

4. Who approaches Alex while he is at the beach?

5. When the old woman's father had the gun pointed at him and was told to do something or die, what did he do?

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