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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Yakov react to Kiev?
(a) He is awed by the city.
(b) He is dismayed by the city.
(c) He is intrigued by the city.
(d) He is horrified by the city.

2. What does Yakov decide not to reveal to the boatman?
(a) That he is Jewish.
(b) That he has money.
(c) That he is royalty.
(d) That he is Russian.

3. The boy's mother identifies Yakov as the man who chased her son. What does she say Yakov was chasing her son with?
(a) A bat.
(b) A brick.
(c) A gun.
(d) A knife.

4. What is the name of the guard who is comforted by Yakov's scripture readings?
(a) Kogin.
(b) Zhitnyak.
(c) Mordaci.
(d) Hasidim.

5. Each day, Yakov does recitations in his cell that the guards can overhear. What language does Yakov recite in?
(a) Russian.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) Latvian.
(d) Yiddish.

Short Answer Questions

1. While sitting in his cell reflecting on his circumstances in Chapter 6, Part 9, how does Yakov feel about his fate?

2. What is the name of the prisoner sent to talk to Yakov?

3. When Yakov is taken back to prison, he is shown a book that some of the officials are developing. What is the book's topic?

4. What does the crowd see when the people finally stop running?

5. Before going to join the running crowd, what does Yakov do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Yakov uneasy in the days before his next prison visitor is set to arrive?

2. When Yakov is returned to prison and then meets with the prosecutor, the prosecutor offers him a lighter sentence in return for what?

3. After being returned to his cell following the farce of an indictment, Yakov loses it. Describe his behavior.

4. During an exercise recess, Yakov is told that the other prisoners do not like him. Why not?

5. After Yakov is discovered digging at the concrete and becomes despondent, he finally realizes something that the officials want. What do the officials want?

6. Based on the indictment the warden delivers to Yakov, why does Yakov think he may be freed when he finally goes to trial?

7. When spring arrives, a visitor comes to the prison to comfort Yakov. What does the visitor tell Yakov he must do in order to be released from the prison?

8. According to the boatman who ferries Yakov across the river, how could all of Russia's problems be solved?

9. Looking back on his marriage to Raisl, why does Yakov now believe that it was a mistake to marry Raisl?

10. Why doesn't Yakov want the authorities to win if he should happen to die a "nameless Jew"?

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