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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. As Yakov reflects on his time with Raisl, what does Yakov remember convincing Raisl is okay?
(a) Missing evening prayers.
(b) Teasing the rabbi.
(c) Skipping synagogue.
(d) Premarital sex.

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

3. What does the crowd see when the people finally stop running?
(a) A murdered man.
(b) A murdered dog.
(c) A murdered woman.
(d) A murdered child.

4. What does Raisl always beg Yakov to do?
(a) Accept her father.
(b) Move to Kiev.
(c) Have children.
(d) Flee Russia.

5. As Yakov runs around his cell screaming, who finally tells him to shut up?
(a) The deputy warden.
(b) Kogin.
(c) The warden.
(d) Zhitnyak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language is Yakov speaking exclusively since leaving the shtetl?

2. With nothing to do in his cell, Yakov pieces together bits of something that he recites in his cell. What does he piece together?

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

4. Who performs the total body and cavity searches that Yakov is subjected to?

5. In order to make Yakov appear like a Hasidic Jew, what does the Deputy Warden refuse to let Yakov do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Yakov is offered a pardon by the Tsar, why does Yakov refuse the pardon?

3. After Yakov's chains are removed and he is waiting to meet with his new attorney, what is Yakov wondering about?

4. Why does Yakov steel himself to live instead of wanting to die?

5. After refusing the pardon, Yakov decides that things are never truly as bad as they can get. Why does Yakov decide that?

6. When Yakov reads the propaganda circulating against the Jews, why does he grow uneasy?

7. Even though Yakov is desperately ill and is not allowed access to the prison hospital, Yakov is relieved. Why?

8. What does Yakov think about as he rides in the carriage to the courthouse?

9. As Yakov's hallucinations become regular, what does he have trouble figuring out?

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

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