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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Yakov's visitor hands papers to Yakov during their visit. Who sends the papers with Yakov's visitor?
(a) The defense attorney.
(b) The prosecutor.
(c) The rabbi.
(d) The warden.

2. When Yakov and his visitor in Chapter 8, Part 4 first see each other, what do they do?
(a) Argue.
(b) Cry.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Stare.

3. Where does the person visiting Yakov encourage Yakov to look for salvation?
(a) The Old Testament.
(b) The Torah.
(c) The New Testament.
(d) The Koran.

4. As the attorney prepares to leave, he informs Yakov that another man will act as Yakov's attorney during the trial because the government is accusing him of something. What is the government accusing the attorney meeting with Yakov of?
(a) Conspiracy.
(b) Bribery.
(c) Theft.
(d) Fostering revolution.

5. Who finally confirms that Yakov is the "nameless Jew" arrested in Kiev to the people in the shtetl?
(a) Zhenia.
(b) Kogin.
(c) Gronfein.
(d) Shmuel.

6. After reading the indictment, how does Yakov feel?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Curious.
(c) Devastated.
(d) Incredulous.

7. After receiving the new indictment, Yakov sees a newspaper headline on the papers brought to him as toilet tissue. What does the headline read?
(a) "The Trial of the Century."
(b) "The Trial Starts Next Week."
(c) "The Jew is Doomed."
(d) "The Jew is Named."

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

9. 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?
(a) Latvian.
(b) Yiddish.
(c) Russian.
(d) English.

10. After Yakov's visitor tells him what is required in order for Yakov do be released from prison, how does Yakov respond?
(a) He questions the visitor's motives.
(b) He puts on the prayer shawl.
(c) He threatens the visitor.
(d) He insists the visitor leave his cell.

11. Through what she sends to Yakov in prison, Marfa admits she had Yakov followed. Who does she have follow Yakov?
(a) Nikolai.
(b) Zina.
(c) Bibikov.
(d) Zhenia.

12. What does the person speaking to Yakov through his cell door offer to Yakov?
(a) Meat.
(b) News.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Candy.

13. Who ends up being able to visit Yakov in prison because he or she sold beets to the right person?
(a) Nikolai.
(b) Shmuel.
(c) Raisl.
(d) Zina.

14. What does Yakov use to dig at the concrete holding his chains in place?
(a) A needle.
(b) A spoon.
(c) A shoe.
(d) A knife.

15. What do the guards do when Yakov refuses the pardon he is offered?
(a) Refuse to light the stove.
(b) Chain him to the bed.
(c) Pour urine on his head.
(d) Refuse to feed him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Yakov react to the prosecutor's threats?

2. What are the papers sent in with Yakov's visitor?

3. When the guards discover Yakov digging at the concrete holding his chains in place, what do they find when they search his cell?

4. According to Marfa's information, who does the current theory insist put Yakov up to the crime?

5. Sitting in his cell, someone begins talking to Yakov through his cell door. Who begins to talk to Yakov?

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