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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yakov see during his frequent hallucinations while in his cell?
(a) Dead ducks.
(b) Dead bodies.
(c) Dead farm animals.
(d) Dead neighbors.

2. Who finally confirms that Yakov is the "nameless Jew" arrested in Kiev to the people in the shtetl?
(a) Shmuel.
(b) Zhenia.
(c) Kogin.
(d) Gronfein.

3. By the time a man enters Yakov's cell and offers him a pardon, how long has Yakov been imprisoned?
(a) Thirty months.
(b) Eighteen months.
(c) Three years.
(d) Two years.

4. Through what she sends to Yakov in prison, Marfa admits she had Yakov followed. Who does she have follow Yakov?
(a) Zina.
(b) Nikolai.
(c) Zhenia.
(d) Bibikov.

5. When spring arrives, who comes to the prison to comfort Yakov?
(a) Shmuel.
(b) Raisl.
(c) A rabbi.
(d) A priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the guards do when Yakov refuses the pardon he is offered?

2. When Yakov throws something at the deputy warden, what does the deputy warden say that Yakov's act allows the deputy warden to do?

3. For what does the prosecutor scold Yakov while the two men are meeting?

4. What does the speaker ask Yakov to do as he talks to Yakov through the closed cell door?

5. Where does the person visiting Yakov encourage Yakov to look for salvation?

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