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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Yudel Krinsky begins to work in a store that sells what type of merchandise?
(a) Stationery.
(b) Kosher baked goods.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Jewelry.

2. In Chapter 6, Asher remembers a conversation between himself as a toddler and Aryeh regarding which publication?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Washington Post.
(c) The Enquirer.
(d) Newsweek.

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

4. Where does Asher insist on staying while his parents go to Europe?
(a) The New York area.
(b) The United States.
(c) His street.
(d) His bedroom.

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

6. In Chapter 2, when Asher begins to go to Yudel Krinsky's store for conversation, he feels that he has to buy something every time. What does he buy first?
(a) A box of stationery.
(b) A pen.
(c) A notebook and a pencil.
(d) Oil paints.

7. On Shabbos afternoons, Aryeh returns to the synagogue alone in order to do what?
(a) Talk to the Rebbe about his work in Europe.
(b) Listen to the Rebbe speak.
(c) Eat a meal.
(d) Make phone calls to Europe.

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

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

10. According to the mashpia, which is the type of Jew who attains the greatest measure of righteousness?
(a) The rosho.
(b) The tzaddik.
(c) The benoni.
(d) The Ladover Hasid.

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

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

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

14. To which artist does Yitzchok Lev compare Asher?
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Picasso.
(c) Kahn.
(d) Chagall.

15. When Asher enters the Rebbe's office, what is the first question the Rebbe asks?
(a) "How is your father?"
(b) "How is your mother?"
(c) "Is school going well?"
(d) "How are you?"

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character does Asher meet in the store amidst many boxes of matzos?

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

3. In Chapter 2, Aryeh's travel becomes hindered by a snowstorm, leaving him stranded in which city?

4. 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?

5. What does Asher's father make every morning for breakfast?

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