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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the prayer Asher recites before going to bed?
(a) Psalm 23.
(b) Krias Shema.
(c) Baruch Attah.
(d) Our Father.

2. What does Asher steal in order to use the gift of his artistry?
(a) Oil paints.
(b) Stretched canvas.
(c) Charcoal pencils.
(d) Watercolors.

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

4. In Chapter 2, Aryeh's travel becomes hindered by a snowstorm, leaving him stranded in which city?
(a) Paris.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Boston.
(d) London.

5. What maintained observant Judaism in Russia during the years before World War II?
(a) The synagogues.
(b) Ladover yeshivos.
(c) The krias shema.
(d) The Rebbe.

6. Who takes care of the Lev family during Rivkeh's incapacitating depression?
(a) Asher.
(b) Mrs. Rackover.
(c) Yitzchok Lev's wife.
(d) Aryeh.

7. Because Rivkeh must study at night, Asher develops the ability to sleep through the noise of what object?
(a) Phonograph.
(b) Eraser.
(c) Typewriter.
(d) Telephone.

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

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

10. What college does Rivkeh enter?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) Brooklyn College.
(c) Yeshiva College.
(d) New York University.

11. When Asher finishes his visit with the Rebbe, what is lying on his chair in the waiting room?
(a) A small oil painting.
(b) A woodcarving.
(c) A letter.
(d) A folded pencil drawing.

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

13. At the beginning of Chapter 7, the mashpia informs Asher that which person wants to meet with him?
(a) Yudel Krinsky.
(b) The Rebbe.
(c) Aryeh.
(d) Jacob Kahn.

14. Asher Lev introduces himself as being the painter of which great painting?
(a) Crucifixion at Dawn.
(b) David.
(c) Brooklyn Crucifixion.
(d) Pieta.

15. After completing her undergraduate degree, Rivkeh pursues a master's degree in which academic discipline?
(a) Religious studies.
(b) Jewish literature.
(c) Russian affairs.
(d) Mathematics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which museum do Rivkeh and Asher visit together?

3. Of whom does Asher frequently dream?

4. After looking at what was left on his chair in the Rebbe's waiting room, Asher draws a picture and dates it using which calendar style?

5. Jacob Kahn wears what type of facial hair?

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