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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Asher's first original creation in Jacob Kahn's studio is in what medium?
(a) Oils on canvas.
(b) Charcoals.
(c) Marble.
(d) Plaster of paris.

2. What is the place where Aryeh goes regularly to have a ritual bath?
(a) The synagogue.
(b) The mashpia.
(c) The mivkeh.
(d) The sitra achra.

3. In Chapter 9 when Aryeh comes home for a visit, how does he look?
(a) Healthy.
(b) Angry.
(c) Triumphant.
(d) Old and tired.

4. In what language does the mashpia communicate with his students?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) Yiddish.
(c) Aramaic.
(d) English.

5. At the end of Chapter 3, Asher unwittingly draws a picture in his notebook of whom?
(a) His mythic ancestor.
(b) The Rebbe.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Hitler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stays in Brooklyn with Asher while Aryeh moves to Europe?

2. What instrument does the Rebbe use to make a loud noise on Rosh Hashonoh?

3. Yudel Krinsky describes Siberia as the home of which being?

4. Aryeh Lev is particularly concerned for the Jews of which country?

5. In Chapter 4, when Asher goes to Yudel Krinsky to ask him about Russian Jewish history, what is Yudel eating?

(see the answer key)

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