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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One day, Yakov receives something from Marfa. What is it?
(a) A signed confession.
(b) Account information.
(c) A statement.
(d) A letter.

2. When the warden brings Yakov a new indictment, what is Yakov being charged as?
(a) A child molester.
(b) A ritual murderer.
(c) A Hasidic Jew.
(d) An embezzler.

3. Each day, Yakov does recitations in his cell that the guards can overhear. What language does Yakov recite in?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) Latvian.
(c) Russian.
(d) Yiddish.

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

5. As Yakov begins to think he's going mad, whose ghost does he see?
(a) Gronfein.
(b) Zhenia.
(c) Shmuel.
(d) Bibikov.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens as Yakov is pacing his cell after his new attorney departs?

2. Who does Yakov turn to for an explanation about the missing item?

3. As Yakov is being transported to court for his indictment, what does he fantasize about while riding on the trolley?

4. When the warden learns of the unauthorized prison visit Yakov was allowed, who is arrested?

5. On the envelope containing the papers brought to Yakov by his visitor, he writes a message. What language is the message on the envelope in?

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