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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. Which painting does Jacob Kahn command Asher to study first?
(a) Munch's The Scream.
(b) Chagall's Lovers in the Moonlight.
(c) Van Gogh's Starry Night.
(d) Picasso's Guernica.

2. When Asher finishes his visit with the Rebbe, what is lying on his chair in the waiting room?
(a) A folded pencil drawing.
(b) A woodcarving.
(c) A letter.
(d) A small oil painting.

3. At the end of Chapter 4, Asher hears that which Russian prisoners have been released?
(a) Everyone in debtors' prison.
(b) Yudel Krinsky's coworkers.
(c) The Jewish bakers.
(d) The Jewish doctors.

4. Aryeh and Asher wear what type of traditional hairstyle?
(a) Mullet.
(b) Shaved head.
(c) Goatee.
(d) Sidecurls.

5. What is the phrase used to describe the origin of things that are not holy or good?
(a) Ribbono shel olom.
(b) Krias shema.
(c) Shabbos.
(d) Sitra achra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Asher's father make every morning for breakfast?

2. In Chapter 6 during class, Asher draws a picture in which book?

3. What type of work did Aryeh's father perform for the Rebbe's father?

4. In her long weeks of studying and of waiting for Aryeh to return, Rivkeh picks up the habit of gnawing on what object?

5. What does the housekeeper feed Asher as a bedtime snack?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. Whenever Aryeh leaves for a trip, Rivkeh says, "Have a safe journey, Aryeh." In Chapter 5, Asher begins to develop a sensitivity to Rivkeh's underlying emotions. Describe what Rivkeh is feeling when she says goodbye to Aryeh.

5. When Aryeh returns to Brooklyn for the Pesach, how does he treat Asher?

6. Describe Asher's mythic ancestor.

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

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

9. What does Asher know about his paternal grandfather?

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

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