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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Asher live?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Newark, New Jersey.
(c) Orange, New Jersey.
(d) Manhattan.

2. Yudel Krinsky describes Siberia as the home of which being?
(a) The Angel of Death.
(b) The angel Michael.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Abraham.

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

4. In Chapter 2, Rivkeh tells Asher about the ancient, tragic event of the burning of what city's library?
(a) Rome.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Constantinople.
(d) Alexandria.

5. In Chapter 2, Aryeh is greatly disturbed at the brutal deaths of which group of people?
(a) Russian Jewish writers.
(b) Eastern European yeshiva teachers.
(c) German Jewish jewelers.
(d) Russian Jewish factory workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Asher begins to experience his art more deeply when what part of him changes?

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

3. Where does Asher's aunt Leah live?

4. Yudel Krinsky spent many years in which geographical region?

5. Which character does Asher meet in the store amidst many boxes of matzos?

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