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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who killed Aryeh's father?
(a) Stalin.
(b) An American soldier.
(c) A peasant who was drunk.
(d) A rich Russian landowner.

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

3. When Rivkeh is worried for Aryeh's safety, to which relative does she cry out?
(a) Yitzchok Lev.
(b) Leah.
(c) Yaakov.
(d) Her mother.

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

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

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

7. 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) European.
(b) Russian.
(c) English.
(d) Jewish.

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

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

10. In Chapter 6, in order to please Aryeh, Asher begins to put energy into learning which two subjects?
(a) Hebrew and zemiros.
(b) Talmud and Bible.
(c) English and Hebrew.
(d) Torah and mathematics.

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

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

13. Who does not come to the Lev home on Sundays, leaving Rivkeh and Asher to fix lunch for themselves?
(a) Yudel Krinsky.
(b) The Rebbe.
(c) Mrs. Rackover.
(d) Yitzchok Lev.

14. In Chapter 2, Aryeh becomes ill with what disease?
(a) Arthritis.
(b) Cancer.
(c) The flu.
(d) Bronchitis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In which summer activity do Asher's parents never engage?

2. Aryeh and Asher wear what type of traditional hairstyle?

3. Where do Asher and his family spend their summers?

4. Which character's unexpected death causes Rivkeh to fall into a serious depression?

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

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