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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Part 1 | Chapter 5, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Yakov is taken back to prison, he is shown a book that some of the officials are developing. What is the book's topic?
(a) Jewish evil magic spells.
(b) Jewish psychological games.
(c) Jewish prayers and customs.
(d) Jewish physical characteristics.

2. How much money does Nikolai offer to Yakov if Yakov will fix up an apartment that Nikolai owns?
(a) 100 rubles.
(b) 25 rubles.
(c) 40 rubles.
(d) 60 rubles.

3. What language is Yakov speaking exclusively since leaving the shtetl?
(a) Russian.
(b) German.
(c) Yiddish.
(d) Latvian.

4. Where does Yakov pretend to be from when confronted by the boatman?
(a) Germany.
(b) Kiev.
(c) Latvia.
(d) Poland.

5. As Yakov roams Kiev, what does he try to pick up from the people of Kiev?
(a) Their language.
(b) Their priorities.
(c) Their possessions.
(d) Their customs.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to what Proshko tells the secret police, what is Yakov responsible for?

2. According to the boy's mother, what does Zhenia want to be when he grows up?

3. While Yakov is being interrogated, two men arrive at the interrogation room and are invited inside. Who are these men?

4. Where does the running crowd finally stop?

5. When the man in charge of the investigation denies Yakov's request for an attorney, what is Yakov told that he will need?

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