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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Yakov's reading in Chapter 7, Part 3 do to his temperament?
(a) Fuel Yakov's rage.
(b) Fuel Yakov's curiosity.
(c) Excite Yakov.
(d) Depress Yakov.

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

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

6. When the warden brings Yakov a new indictment, what is Yakov being charged as?
(a) An embezzler.
(b) A child molester.
(c) A Hasidic Jew.
(d) A ritual murderer.

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

8. As Yakov envisions talking with the Tsar, what does Yakov accuse the Tsar of?
(a) Faking evidence.
(b) Inciting riots.
(c) Evil plots.
(d) Hate crimes.

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

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

11. After Yakov's visitor runs screaming from his cell and material is confiscated from Yakov, what is he given in return?
(a) Some newspaper clippings.
(b) Some Orthodox Jewish dogma.
(c) Some Old Testament pages.
(d) Some cookbook recipes.

12. What is the name of Yakov's replacement guard?
(a) Berezhinksy.
(b) Davidenko.
(c) Malachi.
(d) Kogin.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Yakov's visitor in Chapter 8, Part 4 been begging to see him?

2. What happens when Yakov's carriage arrives outside of the courthouse?

3. As the story ends, what does Yakov conclude?

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

5. In Yakov's visions, whom does he imagine himself having conversations with?

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