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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 long does the boy's mother wait before she reports her son as missing?
(a) Three days.
(b) Three hours.
(c) One day.
(d) One week.

2. Who performs the total body and cavity searches that Yakov is subjected to?
(a) The warden.
(b) The colonel.
(c) The head guard.
(d) The deputy warden.

3. After reading the indictment and the evidence against Yakov, what does the prosecutor also accuse Yakov of?
(a) Threatening the warden.
(b) Beating his guard.
(c) Attempting to escape.
(d) Confessing in his sleep.

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

5. As Yakov is being transported to court for his indictment, what does he fantasize about while riding on the trolley?
(a) Killing the onlookers.
(b) Escaping from his captors.
(c) Speaking to an attorney.
(d) Being freed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the prosecutor in the courtroom, what punishment is Yakov facing?

3. When Bibikov comes to the prison to question Yakov, who does Bibikov believe is actually Yakov's greatest enemy?

4. What does the guard who is comforted by Yakov's scripture readings refuse to give to Yakov?

5. Where does Yakov first find Nikolai?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the prisoner sent to talk to Yakov eventually end up apologizing to Yakov?

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

3. When Yakov is returned to prison and then meets with the prosecutor, the prosecutor offers him a deal. Why does Yakov refuse the prosecutor's deal?

4. Why is Yakov moved by the stories he reads about Jesus?

5. According to Yakov's visitor in prison, why is he known as the "nameless Jew"?

6. According to Zhenia's mother, why does she delay in reporting her son as missing?

7. According to what Marfa has written, what should Yakov do in order for everything to be set right?

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

9. When spring arrives, a visitor comes to the prison to comfort Yakov. Why does the visitor come?

10. Why is the Deputy Warden excited to learn of Yakov's escape-from-boredom activities?

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