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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Paris.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Kiev.

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

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 14, Asher helps which person shovel snow?
(a) The Rebbe.
(b) Yudel Krinsky.
(c) Mrs. Rackover.
(d) The mashpia.

10. In Chapter 11, Asher describes Jacob Kahn's show as which type of "affair"?
(a) Black-tie.
(b) Humdrum.
(c) Informal.
(d) Raucous.

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

12. Which age does Jacob Kahn say he would like to live past?
(a) Ninety.
(b) Eighty-five.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Seventy-five.

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

14. What biblical book does Asher read on the holiday of Tisha b'Av?
(a) Jonah.
(b) Psalms.
(c) Genesis.
(d) Lamentations.

15. At the show, Jacob Kahn tells Asher that he wishes he had whose "gall"?
(a) The Rebbe's.
(b) Moses's.
(c) Picasso's.
(d) Chagall's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of refreshments do they have at Asher's last show?

2. In Chapter 14 when Asher cannot find his parents, where are they?

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

4. Jacob Kahn takes Asher to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to look at various paintings of which subject?

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

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