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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 pen.
(b) Oil paints.
(c) A box of stationery.
(d) A notebook and a pencil.

2. In which academic discipline does Aryeh have a master's degree?
(a) Russian history and culture.
(b) Political science.
(c) Jewish history.
(d) International business.

3. Which character does Asher meet in the store amidst many boxes of matzos?
(a) The Rebbe.
(b) Jacob Kahn.
(c) Yudel Krinsky.
(d) Joseph Cutler.

4. Which painting does Jacob Kahn command Asher to study first?
(a) Munch's The Scream.
(b) Van Gogh's Starry Night.
(c) Picasso's Guernica.
(d) Chagall's Lovers in the Moonlight.

5. At the end of Chapter 4, Asher hears that which Russian prisoners have been released?
(a) Yudel Krinsky's coworkers.
(b) The Jewish doctors.
(c) The Jewish bakers.
(d) Everyone in debtors' prison.

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

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

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

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

10. What are the Shabbos songs called?
(a) Zemiros.
(b) Krias shema.
(c) Mishnah.
(d) Torah.

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

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

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

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

15. Who is Simcha?
(a) A painter from Brooklyn.
(b) A writer from Bucharest.
(c) A Jew from Kiev.
(d) A Jew from East Berlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character leads services at the synagogue?

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 6, Rivkeh brings Asher a significant gift of all the necessary items for which activity?

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