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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 does Jonathan imagine Brod looks like?
(a) Skinny with dark hair.
(b) Tall with green eyes.
(c) Chubby with mismatched eyes.
(d) Thin with blonde hair.

2. Who is nicknamed the "Clumsy One?"
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Little Igor.
(c) Alexander.
(d) Jonathen.

3. What is the name of the synagogue that straddles the "Jewish/Human fault line" (10)?
(a) The Shalom Temple.
(b) The Upright Synagogue.
(c) The Trachimbrod Synagogue.
(d) The Sloucher Synagogue.

4. Which statement is an accurate description of Jonathan?
(a) Jonathan is Ukrainian and a vegetarian.
(b) Jonathan is an American and a vegetarian.
(c) Jonathan is Ukrainian and a pacifist.
(d) Jonathan is an American and a womanizer.

5. Which statement would most accurately describe Brod?
(a) Brod is blind and grumpy.
(b) Brod is crippled, but beautiful.
(c) Brod is blissfully happy.
(d) Brod is beautiful and lonely.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Tolerable Rabbi call the winner "Kolker"?

2. What is Grandfather hired to do?

3. Who says "I mount the autobus for an hour to work all day doing things I hate. You want to know why? It is for you . . . One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be a family" (2)?

4. Brod sees a picture in her telescope. What is written on the back?

5. Who does Jonathan want to cut from the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Yankel's feels when he finds out that he is going to be a father.

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

3. Is Sofiowka a reliable character? How do you know? Give details from the story.

4. Describe the lottery drawn in "The Lottery, 1791." What do you think of the "lottery"? Explain your reasoning.

5. What types of things does Yankel write in order to remember who he is? Why does he write about these memories?

6. 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?

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

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

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

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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