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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When the warden learns of the unauthorized prison visit Yakov was allowed, who is arrested?
(a) Zhitnyak.
(b) Gronfein.
(c) Nikolai.
(d) Shmuel.

3. Who comes to Yakov's cell to announce the trial?
(a) The prosecutor.
(b) The warden.
(c) Yakov's attorney.
(d) The deputy warden.

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

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

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

7. Yakov begins thinking many evil thoughts after he stops keeping track of the days. Who does Yakov think evil thoughts about?
(a) The deputy warden.
(b) The prosecutor.
(c) The Tsar.
(d) The warden.

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

9. 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.

10. Why does the attorney believe that they have a chance to win at trial?
(a) Witnesses can't lie.
(b) There will be a jury.
(c) The facts are conclusive.
(d) The case against Yakov is unproven.

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

12. How many times does Yakov's new attorney visit him in prison?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Six.

13. What does the speaker ask Yakov to do as he talks to Yakov through the closed cell door?
(a) Sing psalms.
(b) Recite scripture.
(c) Plan an escape.
(d) Share his rations.

14. Why does Yakov refuse to eat?
(a) He is fasting.
(b) He is being poisoned.
(c) He is not hungry.
(d) He is afraid.

15. As Yakov envisions talking with the Tsar, what does Yakov imagine himself doing?
(a) Arresting the Tsar.
(b) Beating the Tsar.
(c) Berating the Tsar.
(d) Shooting the Tsar.

Short Answer Questions

1. After receiving the new indictment, Yakov sees a newspaper headline on the papers brought to him as toilet tissue. What does the headline read?

2. According to the indictment, how many wounds are on Zhenia?

3. When the warden brings Yakov a new indictment, what is Yakov being charged as?

4. What does the person speaking to Yakov through his cell door offer to Yakov?

5. At night, Yakov has dreams of Shmuel. In his dreams, where is Shmuel?

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