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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. What language is Yakov speaking exclusively since leaving the shtetl?
(a) Russian.
(b) German.
(c) Latvian.
(d) Yiddish.

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

3. What is Yakov given in order that he can have something to do?
(a) A ball.
(b) A pencil and paper.
(c) A broken radio.
(d) A broom.

4. What is the mother's name of the boy Yakov is accused of killing?
(a) Farma.
(b) Marda.
(c) Marfa.
(d) Darma.

5. 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?
(a) Jewish prayers and customs.
(b) Jewish physical characteristics.
(c) Jewish evil magic spells.
(d) Jewish psychological games.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the boy's mother wait before she reports her son as missing?

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

3. What does Zhitnyak sneak into Yakov after his escape-from-boredom materials are confiscated?

4. Who advises Yakov to stay in the village and not venture on to Kiev?

5. When Bibikov apologizes for the poor treatment Yakov is receiving, Yakov asks for only one thing. What is it?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Yakov is returned to his cell, he feels a certain kinship with two other men in his cell. What does Yakov think the men all have in common?

3. Why is Yakov's visitor miserable living in the shtetl?

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

5. Why does Marfa accuse Yakov of running a smuggling trade route?

6. When the prosecutor visits Yakov, what does he tell Yakov to have the Jews stop doing?

7. When Yakov finally meets with his attorney, what is the bad news that the attorney tells to Yakov?

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

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

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

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