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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the end of Chapter 3, Asher unwittingly draws a picture in his notebook of whom?
(a) The Rebbe.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Hitler.
(d) His mythic ancestor.

3. In which summer activity do Asher's parents never engage?
(a) Rowing.
(b) Throwing darts.
(c) Playing tennis.
(d) Swimming.

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

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

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

7. The Lev family doctor warns Asher about the lead in which color of paint?
(a) Cadmium red.
(b) Cerulean.
(c) Flake white.
(d) Viridian.

8. In the first paragraph of Chapter 3, Aryeh announces the death of which world leader?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Churchill.
(d) Kennedy.

9. What type of work did Aryeh's father perform for the Rebbe's father?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Writing.
(c) Painting.
(d) Traveling.

10. 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 passport.
(d) A Social Security card.

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

12. Who is the Rebbe's chief of staff?
(a) Jacob Kahn.
(b) Rav Mendel Dorochoff.
(c) Yitzchok Lev.
(d) Reb Joseph Cutler.

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

14. What is the phrase used to describe the origin of things that are not holy or good?
(a) Shabbos.
(b) Ribbono shel olom.
(c) Sitra achra.
(d) Krias shema.

15. Of all the drawings Asher makes for the mashpia, which person does he not draw?
(a) Aryeh.
(b) The Rebbe.
(c) Rivkeh.
(d) Yudel Krinsky.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What are the Shabbos songs called?

4. In Chapter 6, Asher begins to want to use which artistic medium and discovers that he cannot afford it?

5. In her long weeks of studying and of waiting for Aryeh to return, Rivkeh picks up the habit of gnawing on what object?

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