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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which person from Asher's life in Brooklyn comes to visit him in Paris?
(a) Anna Schaeffer.
(b) Jacob Kahn.
(c) The mashpia.
(d) Aryeh.

2. What is Jacob Kahn's wife's name?
(a) Zlata.
(b) Anastasia.
(c) Natasha.
(d) Tanya.

3. What language does the Rebbe encourage Asher to study in college?
(a) German.
(b) Russian.
(c) Arabic.
(d) Greek.

4. In Chapter 11, Asher mentions that which character has passed away?
(a) Anna Schaeffer.
(b) Mrs. Rackover.
(c) The mashpia.
(d) Yitzchok Lev.

5. Which college does Asher plan to attend?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Brooklyn College.
(c) Harvard.
(d) New York University.

6. What day is it when Asher and Aryeh have the discussion about blindness and about the technical language of the critics?
(a) Yom Kippur.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Shabbos.
(d) Monday.

7. Besides learning art, what does Asher learn from Jacob Kahn in Chapter 10?
(a) Reading French.
(b) Weaving.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Playing golf.

8. Anna Schaeffer describes which character as her "Brooklyn prodigy"?
(a) Yitzchok Lev.
(b) Asher.
(c) Picasso.
(d) Jacob Kahn.

9. Where do Asher and Avraham Cutler go in Montmartre?
(a) Picasso's studio.
(b) A kosher restaurant.
(c) The cinema.
(d) The Moulin Rouge.

10. Asher copies which painting as a gift for the classmate who teases him?
(a) Michelangelo's Last Judgment.
(b) Van Gogh's Starry Night.
(c) The Mona Lisa.
(d) Titian's The Sacrifice of Abraham.

11. In Chapter 9, Jacob Kahn travels to see an art show in which city?
(a) London.
(b) Istanbul.
(c) Paris.
(d) Cairo.

12. In the beginning of Chapter 12, Aryeh and Rivkeh share a private joke over which of Rivkeh's habits?
(a) Tapping her fingertips on the table.
(b) Biting her fingernails.
(c) Forgetting where she has laid her book.
(d) Waiting at windows.

13. What method of creating art does Asher learn in Chapter 11?
(a) Fresco.
(b) Glass blowing.
(c) Papier mache.
(d) Sculpting.

14. Jacob Kahn compares his sculpting of Asher to which famous piece of art?
(a) The David.
(b) American Gothic.
(c) The Mona Lisa.
(d) The Sistine Chapel.

15. In Chapter 13, after having viewed the Pieta, Asher draws a man surrounded by what?
(a) Mud.
(b) Sea gulls.
(c) Fallen leaves.
(d) Pigeons.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the week does Asher visit Jacob Kahn?

2. Asher's first original creation in Jacob Kahn's studio is in what medium?

3. What is Yitzchok Lev's wife's name?

4. At Jacob Kahn's vacation home, in which part of the house does Asher live?

5. What type of artists did Jacob Kahn know in Paris?

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