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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. Who claims that it was Trachim who drove into the river?
(a) Sofiowka.
(b) Yankel.
(c) Shalom.
(d) Hannah.

2. Where does Alex live?
(a) Germany.
(b) America.
(c) The Ukraine.
(d) Russia.

3. Who does Alex fall in love with?
(a) Augustine.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Chana.

4. Concerning marriage, what does Yankel request of Brod?
(a) He asks her to wait until he dies.
(b) He asks her to never get married.
(c) He asks that she choose someone for love.
(d) He asks that she choose someone rich.

5. Who wins the second lottery?
(a) Chana.
(b) Sofiowka.
(c) Brod.
(d) Yankel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lie does Yankel tell himself?

2. What would Alex name a town if given the chance?

3. What is the name of the synagogue that straddles the "Jewish/Human fault line" (10)?

4. What is the official name of the shtetl?

5. What does the note that Yankel wrote say?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Brod and her relationship with the townspeople.

4. Why did Yankel change his name? Why did he choose "Yankel"?

5. Why does Brod think she is the float queen in the Trachimday parade? What is the real reason?

6. How did the town get its official name?

7. "An Overture to Encountering the Hero" is meant to be humorous. What elements make it funny? Why?

8. What clues tell the reader that Brod is having a vision of the future in "Recurrent Secrets, 1791-1943"?

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

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

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