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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which biblical book does the matron of the hotel read continually?
(a) Psalms.
(b) Proverbs.
(c) Deuteronomy.
(d) Genesis.

2. In Paris, Jacob Kahn worked with which famous artist?
(a) Van Gogh.
(b) Picasso.
(c) Matisse.
(d) Chagall.

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

4. In the evenings during the summer, which street do Asher and Jacob Kahn often walk on?
(a) Fifth Avenue.
(b) Elm Street.
(c) Main Street.
(d) Commercial Street.

5. What type of artists did Jacob Kahn know in Paris?
(a) Abstract artists.
(b) Fauves.
(c) Impressionists.
(d) Cubists.

6. When Asher falls asleep in class, the teacher makes fun of him by calling him which name?
(a) Matisse.
(b) Rembrandt.
(c) Sitra achra.
(d) Michelangelo.

7. Where does Jacob Kahn take Asher for the summer?
(a) Provincetown.
(b) Paris.
(c) The Berkshires.
(d) Myrtle Beach.

8. Where does Asher move when Rivkeh goes to Europe to be with Aryeh?
(a) Jacob Kahn's apartment.
(b) Yudel Krinsky's house.
(c) Yitzchok Lev's house.
(d) Boarding school.

9. In what month does Asher meet with Jacob Kahn for the first time?
(a) May.
(b) November.
(c) February.
(d) March.

10. In Chapter 13, what does Asher mention having for lunch regularly?
(a) Crepes.
(b) Tea or Coke.
(c) A roast beef sandwich.
(d) Matzo and hardboiled eggs.

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

12. In Chapter 11, where does Asher spend the month of July?
(a) The Berkshires.
(b) London.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Provincetown.

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

14. At the very end of Chapter 13, to which city does Asher travel?
(a) New York City.
(b) Paris.
(c) Minneapolis.
(d) Florence.

15. For how much do Asher's small paintings sell?
(a) $35,000.
(b) $3,000.
(c) $200.
(d) $1,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, after having viewed the Pieta, Asher draws a man surrounded by what?

2. In which university does Rivkeh teach Russian affairs?

3. Jacob Kahn states that all paintings fall into one of which two categories?

4. Where is Asher in the beginning of Chapter 13?

5. Aryeh notes that someone in Florence thought he belonged to which religious group?

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