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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the end of Chapter 6, three new Jewish families move to Asher's neighborhood from which country?
(a) Russia.
(b) Poland.
(c) East Germany.
(d) Hungary.

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

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

5. Aryeh Lev is particularly concerned for the Jews of which country?
(a) Italy.
(b) East Germany.
(c) Russia.
(d) France.

6. 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) Make phone calls to Europe.
(c) Eat a meal.
(d) Listen to the Rebbe speak.

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

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

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

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

11. Yudel Krinsky shows Asher how to use a fixative to keep what artistic medium from rubbing off the paper?
(a) Oil paint.
(b) Charcoal.
(c) Pencil.
(d) Gouache.

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

13. Where does Asher live?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Orange, New Jersey.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Newark, New Jersey.

14. 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?
(a) Melted chocolate.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) Charcoal.
(d) Sand.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Yitzchok Lev's profession?

2. In Chapter 2, Aryeh becomes ill with what disease?

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

4. Which painting does Jacob Kahn command Asher to study first?

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

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