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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 Yankel dream about?
(a) He dreams about living forever with Brod.
(b) He dreams about his ex-wife.
(c) He dreams about traveling to America.
(d) He dreams about his work.

2. Who wrote the "Letter Dated 23 September 1997"?
(a) Alex.
(b) Yankel.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) Jonathan.

3. What lie does Yankel tell himself?
(a) "I am Brod's biological father."
(b) "I am not sad."
(c) "I am young."
(d) "I am strong."

4. Why is Little Igor sad on his birthday?
(a) He did not get a bike.
(b) He has a broken leg.
(c) He did not get a cake.
(d) He has a broken arm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wins the second lottery?

2. Who is nicknamed the "Clumsy One?"

3. Who wins the Trachimday parade game?

4. What does Jonathan imagine Brod looks like?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the town get its official name?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Alex tells Jonathan that he "did not amputate Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior from the story" (55) despite Jonathan's request that he do so. Why would Jonathan not want SDJJ in the story? Why does Alex keep her?

8. Name two things Alex claims to be, but that we might suspect he is exaggerating. Explain your response.

9. By the end of "The Very Rigid Search," Alex has yelled at Jonathan twice. Describe these incidents. What is significant about these outbursts?

10. Describe Yankel's internal and external characteristics.

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