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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character does Asher meet in the store amidst many boxes of matzos?
(a) Yudel Krinsky.
(b) Joseph Cutler.
(c) Jacob Kahn.
(d) The Rebbe.

2. Who killed Aryeh's father?
(a) A peasant who was drunk.
(b) A rich Russian landowner.
(c) An American soldier.
(d) Stalin.

3. In Chapter 3, Aryeh and Rivkeh begin to make plans to move to which European city?
(a) The Hague.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Paris.
(d) Vienna.

4. At the end of Chapter 4, Asher hears that which Russian prisoners have been released?
(a) The Jewish doctors.
(b) Yudel Krinsky's coworkers.
(c) The Jewish bakers.
(d) Everyone in debtors' prison.

5. Who is Simcha?
(a) A Jew from Kiev.
(b) A painter from Brooklyn.
(c) A writer from Bucharest.
(d) A Jew from East Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the phrase used to describe the origin of things that are not holy or good?

2. What is the dessert Asher wants the housekeeper to make?

3. In Chapter 2, Aryeh is greatly disturbed at the brutal deaths of which group of people?

4. Which person's picture is on the wall in every classroom at Asher's school?

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

(see the answer key)

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