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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. What name is chosen for the shtetl in a lottery?
(a) Brod.
(b) Trachimbrod.
(c) Shtetl.
(d) Sofiowka.
2. How do the people celebrate Trachimday?
(a) They throw sacks into the river for men to dive after.
(b) They dance at the river.
(c) They dance around a bonfire.
(d) They drive their wagons into the Brod river.
3. By the time she is twelve, how many men have proposed to Brod?
(a) Every man in the shtetl.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) Twelve.
4. What do both Alex and Jonathan believe about the people in the photograph?
(a) They think the people are in love.
(b) They think the people are sad.
(c) They think the people are beautiful.
(d) They think the people are dead.
5. In a vision, Brod sees a boy reading from the Book of Antecedents. What is the title of the section he is reading from?
(a) "The dream of living forever with Brod."
(b) "The First Rape of Brod D."
(c) "Sadness."
(d) "This is me with Augustine, February 21, 1943."
Short Answer Questions
1. Who says "the bruises go away, and so does how you hate, and so does the feeling that everything you receive in life is something you have earned" (68)?
2. Why is Sammy Davis Junior, Junior with the group?
3. In "The Lottery, 1791," where are the men when in the synagogue?
4. Brod sees a picture in her telescope. What is written on the back?
5. In "The Lottery, 1791," what is the name of the synagogue where the Rabbi does NOT want the baby to go?
Short Essay Questions
1. The synagogue has some strange features. Describe some of them.
2. Describe how Yankel's feels when he finds out that he is going to be a father.
3. Is Sofiowka a reliable character? How do you know? Give details from the story.
4. What ailment does Grandfather claim to have and why? How do you know he is lying?
5. Name two things Alex claims to be, but that we might suspect he is exaggerating. Explain your response.
6. How did the town get its official name?
7. Describe the lottery drawn in "The Lottery, 1791." What do you think of the "lottery"? Explain your reasoning.
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. Why did Yankel change his name? Why did he choose "Yankel"?
10. In "Falling in Love, 1791 -1796," we learn that Yankel's wife has left him. What are her motivations and what do you think of this?
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