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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the new attorney that will represent Yakov during the trial?
(a) Suslov-Orlosky.
(b) Suslov-Yakov.
(c) Suslov-Smirnov.
(d) Suslov-Trosky.

2. Whose death does Yakov tell his new attorney about?
(a) Shmuel's death.
(b) Zhenia's death.
(c) Bibikov's death.
(d) Zhitnyak's death.

3. As Yakov prepares to go to trial, what does he see in his visions?
(a) Dead soldiers.
(b) Dead horses.
(c) Dead rats.
(d) Dead prisoners.

4. Which of Yakov's behaviors in prison does the new indictment describe?
(a) His exercise habits.
(b) His eating habits.
(c) His worship habits.
(d) His sleeping habits.

5. In Yakov's visions, who is responsible for the murders he sees?
(a) The Black Renegades.
(b) The Black Hundreds.
(c) The Black Panthers.
(d) The Black Knights.

6. Through what she sends to Yakov in prison, what new crime does Marfa accuse Yakov of?
(a) Conspiracy.
(b) Theft.
(c) Rape.
(d) Molestation.

7. 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 married.
(c) He has been tried.
(d) He has been arrested.

8. 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?
(a) A dictionary.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A pen.
(d) A candle.

9. Since he no longer is keeping track of the days, what does Yakov spend his time doing?
(a) Re-reading his Jewish dogma.
(b) Re-reading his Old Testament pages.
(c) Re-reading his newspaper clippings.
(d) Re-reading his New Testament pages.

10. After he begins blacking out, what does Yakov find comfort in?
(a) The book of Proverbs.
(b) The book of Psalms.
(c) The book of Hosea.
(d) The book of Job.

11. In the new indictment brought to Yakov by the warden, what has been removed?
(a) The molestation tale.
(b) Marfa's rantings.
(c) The smuggling story.
(d) Nikolai's statement.

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

13. Sitting in his cell, someone begins talking to Yakov through his cell door. Who begins to talk to Yakov?
(a) Gronfein.
(b) Shmuel.
(c) Kogin.
(d) Zhitnyak.

14. According to Marfa's information, who does the current theory insist put Yakov up to the crime?
(a) Jewish leaders.
(b) Islamic leaders.
(c) Muslim leaders.
(d) Christian leaders.

15. When Yakov throws something at the deputy warden, what does the deputy warden say that Yakov's act allows the deputy warden to do?
(a) Send Yakov to solitary confinement.
(b) Search Yakov.
(c) Whip Yakov.
(d) Shoot Yakov.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Yakov mention that causes the prosecutor to angrily leave Yakov's cell?

2. Who does Yakov see during his frequent hallucinations while in his cell?

3. Who does the person visiting Yakov sell beets to?

4. When a newspaper writer reports all the factual details of the case, what does the government do?

5. As Yakov envisions talking with the Tsar, what does Yakov accuse the Tsar of?

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