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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By the time a man enters Yakov's cell and offers him a pardon, how long has Yakov been imprisoned?
(a) Eighteen months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Thirty months.

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

3. After he begins blacking out, who does Yakov find himself thinking of often?
(a) Bibikov.
(b) Shmuel.
(c) Zhenia.
(d) Raisl.

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

5. After his cell is searched in Chapter 7, Part 2, Yakov becomes despondent. What does Yakov find pleasure in thinking about?
(a) Death.
(b) Spring.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Raisl.

6. What name does Yakov mention that causes the prosecutor to angrily leave Yakov's cell?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Bibikov.
(c) Nikolai.
(d) Ostrovsky.

7. What is the name of Yakov's attorney?
(a) Kievski.
(b) Ostrovsky.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Dumbrowski.

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

9. How does Yakov react to the prosecutor's threats?
(a) Yakov throws the prosecutor out of his cell.
(b) Yakov screams at the prosecutor.
(c) Yakov calmly asks for a trial.
(d) Yakov punches the prosecutor.

10. Who does the person visiting Yakov sell beets to?
(a) Zhitnyak's father.
(b) Zhitnyak's brother.
(c) Zhitnyak's cousin.
(d) Zhitnyak's uncle.

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

12. As Yakov envisions talking with the Tsar, what is one topic the two men do NOT discuss?
(a) Fatherhood.
(b) The power of gossip.
(c) Suffering.
(d) Politics.

13. In Yakov's visions, whom does he imagine himself having conversations with?
(a) The prosecutor.
(b) The colonel.
(c) The Tsar.
(d) The warden.

14. 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.

15. What does Yakov invite the prosecutor to do during their meeting?
(a) Leave Yakov's cell.
(b) Shoot Yakov.
(c) Set Yakov free.
(d) Try his best.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the attorney believe that they have a chance to win at trial?

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

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

4. While the visitor and Yakov are together, what story do the two men argue about?

5. When the warden finally delivers Yakov's indictment, how does Yakov describe the indictment?

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