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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the prisoner sent to talk to Yakov?
(a) Fetyukov.
(b) Josiah.
(c) Bibikov.
(d) Siminic.

2. The boy's mother identifies Yakov as the man who chased her son. What does she say Yakov was chasing her son with?
(a) A brick.
(b) A gun.
(c) A knife.
(d) A bat.

3. Who does Yakov see during his frequent hallucinations while in his cell?
(a) Bibikov.
(b) Nikolai.
(c) Zhenia.
(d) Raisl.

4. What does Yakov use to keep track of the days in his cell?
(a) Pen and paper.
(b) Sticks and splinters.
(c) Rocks and nails.
(d) Hash marks.

5. According to what Proshko tells the secret police, what is Yakov responsible for?
(a) Burning down his enemy's house.
(b) Burning down the stables.
(c) Burning down the factory.
(d) Burning down the synagogue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovers what Yakov is doing and confiscates his materials?

2. How does Yakov's new guard periodically amuse himself?

3. What does Zhitnyak sneak into Yakov after his escape-from-boredom materials are confiscated?

4. After the warden delivers the indictment to Yakov, Yakov reads for a while, then has to put the papers down. When he picks them up again, what does Yakov briefly consider asking Kogin for?

5. When spring arrives, what is Yakov still lacking?

(see the answer key)

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