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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Alex misuse words?
(a) He is not a native English speaker.
(b) He cannot spell.
(c) He is illiterate.
(d) Hetries to be smarter than he is.

2. What does Yankel do with the note that his wife left him?
(a) He burns it.
(b) He tries to lose it.
(c) He rips it up.
(d) He keeps it in his pocket at all times.

3. What is Yankel doing before he is told he will be a father?
(a) Flirting with another woman.
(b) Working at the flour mill.
(c) Listening to the Book of Recurrent Dreams.
(d) Working in the fields.

4. In "The Lottery, 1791," what is the name of the synagogue where the Rabbi does NOT want the baby to go?
(a) The Upright Synagogue.
(b) The Trachimbrod Synagogue.
(c) The Shalom Temple.
(d) The Slouching Synagogue.

5. Who is watching Brod when she finds Yankel?
(a) No one.
(b) Kolker.
(c) Sofiowka.
(d) Safran.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alex do with the money he makes?

2. What does Little Igor's father buy him in an attempt to make him feel better?

3. What name is chosen for the shtetl in a lottery?

4. How do the people celebrate Trachimday?

5. According to Alex, why does Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior like Jonathan so much?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Alex claim it would it be "cinchier" for Jonathan to follow his dream?

2. Alex compares his father's abuse to the search for Augustine. In what ways are they similar?

3. Describe the origin of Trachimday.

4. In "Another Lottery, 1791," the town again makes a decision based on a lottery. Describe the two lotteries. What does this seem to suggest about the town?

5. How did the town get its official name?

6. Yankel lies to Brod. What does he lie about? Why does he lie? What do you think about his lies?

7. When Alex first meets Jonathan, he is "flabbergasted by his appearance" (31). Why?

8. Foer writes that Brod could "never be happy and honest at the same time" (79). What does this mean? Give examples from the text.

9. Sofiowka claims that the twin girls did not see anything. Do you believe him? Explain your position.

10. The synagogue has some strange features. Describe some of them.

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