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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's aunt Leah live?
(a) Boston.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Orange, New Jersey.
(d) Vienna.

2. What type of hat does Yudel Krinsky wear?
(a) A yarmulke.
(b) A fez.
(c) A toboggan.
(d) A kaskett.

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

4. What does the housekeeper feed Asher as a bedtime snack?
(a) Cookies and milk.
(b) Hot chocolate.
(c) Matzos.
(d) Orange juice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the place where Aryeh goes regularly to have a ritual bath?

2. What objects does the mashpia provide in order to see Asher's gift?

3. In Chapter 2, when Asher begins to go to Yudel Krinsky's store for conversation, he feels that he has to buy something every time. What does he buy first?

4. In Chapter 6, Asher begins to want to use which artistic medium and discovers that he cannot afford it?

5. Which of the following publications does Aryeh NOT read?

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