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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Yakov is preparing to leave for his trial, what does the deputy warden insist must happen before Yakov leaves?
(a) His daily breakfast.
(b) His daily beating.
(c) His cell search.
(d) His cavity search.

2. After the warden learns of Yakov's prison visit, Yakov spends his days shackled to _____________.
(a) His bed.
(b) The wall.
(c) The stove.
(d) The sink.

3. According to the indictment, how many wounds are on Zhenia?
(a) 54.
(b) 45.
(c) 15.
(d) 37.

4. How does Yakov's new guard periodically amuse himself?
(a) By refusing to feed Yakov.
(b) By throwing onions at Yakov.
(c) By pretending to shoot Yakov.
(d) By yelling insults at Yakov.

5. When spring arrives, who comes to the prison to comfort Yakov?
(a) Shmuel.
(b) A rabbi.
(c) A priest.
(d) Raisl.

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

7. After receiving the information from Marfa, what is Yakov's initial reaction?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Devastation.
(d) Disbelief.

8. Through what she sends to Yakov in prison, what does Marfa urge Yakov to do?
(a) Pray.
(b) Repent.
(c) Escape.
(d) Confess.

9. Whose arrest and interrogation is included as a long section in the indictment?
(a) Marfa's.
(b) Bibikov's.
(c) Gronfein's.
(d) Zhitnyak's.

10. After Yakov's visitor runs screaming from his cell, what is confiscated from Yakov?
(a) The phylacteries.
(b) His prayer shawl.
(c) His New Testament.
(d) His Torah.

11. What does the person speaking to Yakov through his cell door share with Yakov about the speaker's son?
(a) He has become a father.
(b) He has been tried.
(c) He has been married.
(d) He has been arrested.

12. What is omitted from the indictment that surprises Yakov?
(a) The interrogation report.
(b) The statement from Marfa.
(c) The magical wounds information.
(d) The ritual murder information.

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

14. How long has Yakov's visitor in Chapter 8, Part 4 been begging to see him?
(a) Over one year.
(b) Over six months.
(c) Over nine months.
(d) Over three months.

15. After Yakov's visitor runs screaming from his cell, Yakov is searched again. How many times has Yakov already been searched that day?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Yakov's attorney?

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

3. In the new indictment brought to Yakov by the warden, what has been removed?

4. Which of Yakov's behaviors in prison does the new indictment describe?

5. Through what she sends to Yakov in prison, what new crime does Marfa accuse Yakov of?

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