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

2. The Rebbe gives Asher permission to follow which vocation?
(a) Baking.
(b) Clockmaking.
(c) Painting.
(d) Writing.

3. What language does Mrs. Rackover speak?
(a) English.
(b) Russian.
(c) Hebrew.
(d) Yiddish.

4. Which character does not want to leave Brooklyn to go to Europe?
(a) Asher.
(b) The Rebbe.
(c) Rivkeh.
(d) Yitzchok Lev.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 4, which person does Asher draw repeatedly?
(a) Stalin.
(b) The Rebbe.
(c) His mythic ancestor.
(d) Jacob Kahn.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. While Asher is waiting to see the Rebbe, the other man in the waiting room is doing what?

3. In what language does the mashpia communicate with his students?

4. Where does Asher's aunt Leah live?

5. In Chapter 2, Aryeh is greatly disturbed at the brutal deaths of which group of people?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

2. The scene when Asher meets Yudel Krinsky for the first time becomes a very important subject for Asher's art. What is Yudel Krinsky doing at the moment of meeting Asher? How does he act?

3. Compare Aryeh's reaction to Stalin's death with Yudel Krinsky's reaction.

4. 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?

5. Why does Asher miss his father so much on the first Shabbos without him?

6. Why does Asher ask Yudel Krinsky questions about Russia?

7. Explain the Rebbe's opinion of Asher's desire to be an artist.

8. Describe Rivkeh's reaction to her loved one's death.

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

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

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