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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which person's picture is on the wall in every classroom at Asher's school?
(a) Moses.
(b) Yudel Krinsky.
(c) Abraham.
(d) The Rebbe.

3. Jacob Kahn speaks with a slight accent from which country?
(a) Austria.
(b) Russia.
(c) South Africa.
(d) England.

4. Which of the following publications does Aryeh NOT read?
(a) Time.
(b) The Economist.
(c) Newsweek.
(d) The New York Times.

5. In her long weeks of studying and of waiting for Aryeh to return, Rivkeh picks up the habit of gnawing on what object?
(a) An eraser.
(b) A pencil.
(c) One of Asher's paintbrushes.
(d) A gingersnap.

6. Asher sees strong similarities between the face of the mashpia and the face of which other character?
(a) Yudel Krinsky.
(b) The Rebbe.
(c) Aryeh.
(d) Jacob Kahn.

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

8. Where do Asher and his family spend their summers?
(a) Myrtle Beach.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Berkshire Mountains.

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

10. Which character leads services at the synagogue?
(a) Yudel Krinsky.
(b) Aryeh.
(c) The mashpia.
(d) The Rebbe.

11. Jacob Kahn wears what type of facial hair?
(a) Mutton chops.
(b) A beard.
(c) A large mustache.
(d) A goatee.

12. What instrument does the Rebbe use to make a loud noise on Rosh Hashonoh?
(a) A trombone.
(b) A shofar.
(c) A tallis.
(d) A whistle.

13. By what name does the Lev family frequently call the Jewish God?
(a) Krias Shema.
(b) Torah.
(c) Tallis.
(d) Ribbono Shel Olom.

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

15. Aryeh and Asher wear what type of traditional hairstyle?
(a) Mullet.
(b) Sidecurls.
(c) Goatee.
(d) Shaved head.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Asher is waiting to see the Rebbe, the other man in the waiting room is doing what?

2. What job did Yudel Krinsky have in Russia?

3. In Chapter 2, Aryeh is greatly disturbed at the brutal deaths of which group of people?

4. Of all the drawings Asher makes for the mashpia, which person does he not draw?

5. In which academic discipline does Aryeh have a master's degree?

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