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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks "how are your books arranged" (231)?
(a) Lista.
(b) The Gypsy girl.
(c) Alex.
(d) Zosha.

2. What is the result of Kolker's injuries?
(a) Kolker dies.
(b) Kolker has random violent emotional outbursts.
(c) Kolker is unable to work and becomes depressed.
(d) Kolker is more attentive to his wife.

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

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

5. Where is Safran going when leaving his apparent lover?
(a) Home.
(b) To the Dial.
(c) The flour mill.
(d) Kolki.

6. What happens to the Gypsy girl after Safran gets married?
(a) She leaves town.
(b) She is captured by the Nazis.
(c) She continues to have an affair with Safran.
(d) She commits suicide.

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

8. When the old woman saw Safran again years after the town was destroyed, what did they do?
(a) They cried.
(b) They told stories about the people they knew.
(c) They cursed the Nazis.
(d) They had lunch, a bath, and a fight.

9. 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 grandmother.
(b) Brod.
(c) Jonathan's grandfather.
(d) Alex's Grandfather.

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

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

12. Who is the bridegroom that the men are waiting for in "The Dial, 1941-1804-1941"?
(a) Sasha.
(b) Safran.
(c) Kolker.
(d) Alex.

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

14. 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.

15. Who did Grandfather "murder?"
(a) Anna.
(b) Father.
(c) Herschel.
(d) Safran.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Alex and Jonathan in "Letter Dated 12 December 1992"?

2. Who says "I am a good person who has lived in a bad time" (227)?

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

4. What does Alex ask Jonathan in "Letter Dated 24 December 1997?"

5. When the old woman's father was told to do something or his wife would be shot, what did he do?

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