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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, Aryeh becomes ill with what disease?
(a) Bronchitis.
(b) Cancer.
(c) The flu.
(d) Arthritis.

2. 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) European.
(c) English.
(d) Russian.

3. What does the mashpia call Asher?
(a) Mr. Lev.
(b) Asherie.
(c) Asherel.
(d) A.J.

4. When Rivkeh is worried for Aryeh's safety, to which relative does she cry out?
(a) Yaakov.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Yitzchok Lev.
(d) Leah.

5. According to the mashpia, which is the type of Jew who attains the greatest measure of righteousness?
(a) The benoni.
(b) The tzaddik.
(c) The Ladover Hasid.
(d) The rosho.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the prayer Asher recites before going to bed?

2. Who is Simcha?

3. Jacob Kahn wears what type of facial hair?

4. At the end of Chapter 3, Asher unwittingly draws a picture in his notebook of whom?

5. When Asher finishes his visit with the Rebbe, what is lying on his chair in the waiting room?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, Rivkeh takes Asher to the Parkway Museum (also called the Brooklyn Museum). Describe their experience there.

2. What does the mashpia do at Asher's school?

3. How does Aryeh react to the Rebbe's decision to allow Asher to study under Jacob Kahn?

4. Yudel Krinsky mentions several differences between Russia and the United States. What is one difference?

5. Several times in Chapter 4, Aryeh explains his reasons for wanting to go to Europe to work for the Rebbe. Explain some of those reasons.

6. Why doesn't Asher want to go to Vienna?

7. Where does the Lev family spend their summers? What do they do there?

8. In Chapter 6 as Rivkeh and Asher adjust to life on their own, Rivkeh begins to talk about her grief over Yaakov's death. Which people in her life died prematurely, and how did she feel when that happened?

9. According to the mashpia's instructions, there are three types of Jews. List the types and explain them briefly.

10. In Chapter 1, Asher sometimes goes with Aryeh to the office. What does Aryeh do there, according to Asher?

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