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

2. When Yakov envisions himself wresting with the Tsar, they continue to wrestle until the Tsar declares himself to be __________________.
(a) A demon from hell.
(b) All powerful.
(c) The winner.
(d) An angel of God.

3. After the winter finally ends, Yakov is desperate to relieve his boredom. What does Yakov do?
(a) Makes pencils from the stove ashes.
(b) Engages the guards in philosophical discussions.
(c) Writes letters to his ex-wife.
(d) Opens one of the phylacteries.

4. To what prison does the prosecutor send Yakov while Yakov is awaiting trials?
(a) Kiev prison.
(b) Moscow prison.
(c) Warsaw prison.
(d) Henrush prison.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the local anti-Semite group called?

2. To what group does Nikolai belong?

3. According to the boy's mother, what does Zhenia see when he looks in Yakov's apartment?

4. Back in his cell after the indictment farce in court, what does Yakov compare his scenario to?

5. According to what Proshko tells the secret police, what is Yakov responsible for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Even though Yakov keeps track of the days, he's not completely sure he's right. Why not?

2. As spring continues on, Yakov is no longer allowed to make his trips to the kitchen. Why?

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

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

5. Explain Bibikov's theory regarding Zhenia's murder.

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

7. After Yakov's visitor leaves, the warden learns of the visit and interrogates Yakov again. What is the interrogation about?

8. What is Yakov reminded of as he wonders what might have happened if he simply had stayed in the shtetl?

9. When Yakov tells his visitor that he is being held in jail because he lied about his papers, how does the visitor respond?

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

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