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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 12, Rivkeh asks Asher several times if what type of painting will appear in his shows?
(a) Nudes.
(b) Abstract impressionism.
(c) Portraits of people they know.
(d) Crucifixions.

3. While at Jacob Kahn's vacation home, what type of bird does Asher watch and paint frequently?
(a) Gull.
(b) Robin.
(c) Pigeon.
(d) Sparrow.

4. Whom does Asher meet for the first time when he enters Jacob Kahn's apartment?
(a) Isaac Goldstein.
(b) Picasso.
(c) The mayor of New York City.
(d) Anna Schaeffer.

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

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

7. At Jacob Kahn's vacation home, in which part of the house does Asher live?
(a) The basement.
(b) The attic.
(c) A sun porch.
(d) The studio.

8. Where does Asher have his first experience of painting a nude?
(a) An art class at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(b) In school.
(c) Jacob Kahn's studio.
(d) At home.

9. What type of refreshments do they have at Asher's last show?
(a) Smorgasbord.
(b) Coffee and cookies.
(c) Wine and cheese.
(d) Kosher food.

10. In Chapter 8, Aryeh disappears without a trace for a while, but in the beginning of Chapter 9, he sends Rivkeh and Asher a telegram from which city?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Paris.
(d) Madrid.

11. In which European city does Asher decide to stay for a year or two?
(a) Paris.
(b) Lisbon.
(c) Florence.
(d) Belfast.

12. Where does Jacob Kahn live?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Upper Manhattan.
(c) Queens.
(d) Brooklyn.

13. When Jacob Kahn is demanding that Asher consider a different vocation, he describes art as what?
(a) A feel-good experience.
(b) A religion.
(c) A god.
(d) A wife.

14. Jacob Kahn takes Asher to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to look at various paintings of which subject?
(a) Nudes.
(b) Portraits.
(c) The madonna and child.
(d) The crucifixion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, Jacob Kahn encourages Asher to paint the full depth of his hatred for which person in his life?

2. In Chapter 11, Asher describes Jacob Kahn's show as which type of "affair"?

3. In Chapter 14, Asher visits which character who has been ill?

4. According to Asher while he is talking with Aryeh in Chapter 14, who buys his paintings?

5. What does Jacob Kahn call the man who talks to them about the art market in Tokyo?

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