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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Yudel Krinsky describes which place as "a city of cafes and waltzes"?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Munich.
(c) London.
(d) Lisbon.

2. Which painting does Jacob Kahn command Asher to study first?
(a) Van Gogh's Starry Night.
(b) Picasso's Guernica.
(c) Chagall's Lovers in the Moonlight.
(d) Munch's The Scream.

3. Asher requests to live with which character while Aryeh and Rivkeh are in Europe?
(a) The mashpia.
(b) Jacob Kahn.
(c) Yitzchok Lev.
(d) Yudel Krinsky.

4. What does Asher's father make every morning for breakfast?
(a) Scrambled eggs.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Orange juice.
(d) Toast.

5. In Chapter 6, Asher begins to want to use which artistic medium and discovers that he cannot afford it?
(a) Charcoal.
(b) Chalk pastel.
(c) Clay.
(d) Oil paints.

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

7. What objects does the mashpia provide in order to see Asher's gift?
(a) A piece of canvas board and some paints.
(b) A notebook and a pencil.
(c) A chalkboard and some chalk.
(d) A piece of paper and a pen.

8. 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?
(a) Russian.
(b) English.
(c) Jewish.
(d) European.

9. In order to go to Europe, Asher has to go downtown to obtain which type of document?
(a) A passport.
(b) A Social Security card.
(c) A plane ticket.
(d) A birth certificate.

10. According to the mashpia, Jewish souls are like what?
(a) "The commandments of the Torah."
(b) "The universal element of fire."
(c) "The master of the universe."
(d) "The flame of a candle."

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

12. In Chapter 4, when Asher goes to Yudel Krinsky to ask him about Russian Jewish history, what is Yudel eating?
(a) Hard-boiled eggs and matzos.
(b) Cookies and milk.
(c) A Seder meal.
(d) Bagels and lox.

13. The next time Asher visits that museum, he makes sketches of the paintings that portray which person?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Josephus.
(d) Moses.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To which artist does Yitzchok Lev compare Asher?

3. After feeling unable to correctly tint the shadows of Rivkeh's cheek with a pencil, Asher uses what object to create the color of shadow?

4. By what name does the Lev family frequently call the Jewish God?

5. Who is the Rebbe's chief of staff?

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