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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Nikolai offers Yakov another position after Yakov fixes up the apartment, what is the position that Nikolai offers to Yakov?
(a) A foreman.
(b) A bookkeeper.
(c) A maintenance man.
(d) A security guard.

2. What does the crowd see when the people finally stop running?
(a) A murdered woman.
(b) A murdered man.
(c) A murdered child.
(d) A murdered dog.

3. What does the fat man who shares his packages from the outside with the other prisoners offer to do for Yakov once the fat man is released from the prison?
(a) Smuggle in drugs.
(b) Send for help.
(c) Pay for an attorney.
(d) Mail a letter.

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

5. Back in his cell after the indictment farce in court, what does Yakov compare his scenario to?
(a) A black horse.
(b) A bad talisman.
(c) An evil curse.
(d) Voodoo.

6. Even though Yakov is desperately ill and not allowed access to the prison hospital, the prison doctor does tell him how to be cured. What is the doctor's advice?
(a) Exercise.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Fast.
(d) Pray.

7. With nothing to do in his cell, Yakov pieces together bits of something that he recites in his cell. What does he piece together?
(a) Laws.
(b) Prayers.
(c) Psalms.
(d) Commandments.

8. What is the original charge that the man in charge of the investigation will bring against Yakov?
(a) Child molestation.
(b) Lying under oath.
(c) Murder.
(d) Living in a non-Jewish neighborhood.

9. 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 psychological games.
(b) Jewish prayers and customs.
(c) Jewish physical characteristics.
(d) Jewish evil magic spells.

10. Where does Yakov first find Nikolai?
(a) In a bar.
(b) In a hotel.
(c) In an alley.
(d) In a snowbank.

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

12. In Chapter 6, Part 4, what is the name of the guard who is on Yakov's side?
(a) Gronfein.
(b) Zhitnyak.
(c) Shenzen.
(d) Deuliv.

13. What is the sentence carried by the original charge that the man in charge of the investigation will bring against Yakov?
(a) Three years in prison.
(b) One year in prison.
(c) One month in prison.
(d) Three months in prison.

14. Who begins to visit Yakov's cell in the middle of winter in order to obtain body samples?
(a) The deputy warden.
(b) The colonel.
(c) The warden.
(d) The head guard.

15. What is the name of the guard who is comforted by Yakov's scripture readings?
(a) Kogin.
(b) Hasidim.
(c) Zhitnyak.
(d) Mordaci.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After Yakov has his revelation as to the cause of his sickness, what does Yakov refuse to do?

3. What is the name of the prisoner sent to talk to Yakov?

4. What colors does Proshko say are the flames of the fire that Yakov is accused of setting?

5. What does Raisl always beg Yakov to do?

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