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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which character does not want to leave Brooklyn to go to Europe?
(a) Asher.
(b) Yitzchok Lev.
(c) The Rebbe.
(d) Rivkeh.

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

4. At the beginning of Chapter 4, which person does Asher draw repeatedly?
(a) Stalin.
(b) The Rebbe.
(c) Jacob Kahn.
(d) His mythic ancestor.

5. In which summer activity do Asher's parents never engage?
(a) Throwing darts.
(b) Playing tennis.
(c) Rowing.
(d) Swimming.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, Rivkeh tells Asher about the ancient, tragic event of the burning of what city's library?

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

3. In what language does Asher's school teach religion classes?

4. Where does Asher go after school when Aryeh is out of town?

5. In the first paragraph of Chapter 3, Aryeh announces the death of which world leader?

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