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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. What job did Yudel Krinsky have in Russia?
(a) Making brooches.
(b) Making hatpins.
(c) Selling paper and paints.
(d) Fixing furnaces.

2. In order to go to Europe, Asher has to go downtown to obtain which type of document?
(a) A Social Security card.
(b) A birth certificate.
(c) A passport.
(d) A plane ticket.

3. Where does Asher live?
(a) Orange, New Jersey.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Newark, New Jersey.
(d) Manhattan.

4. Jacob Kahn wears what type of facial hair?
(a) A large mustache.
(b) A goatee.
(c) A beard.
(d) Mutton chops.

5. According to the mashpia, Jewish souls are like what?
(a) "The commandments of the Torah."
(b) "The flame of a candle."
(c) "The master of the universe."
(d) "The universal element of fire."

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Shabbos songs called?

2. In Chapter 2, when Asher begins to go to Yudel Krinsky's store for conversation, he feels that he has to buy something every time. What does he buy first?

3. According to the mashpia, which is the type of Jew who attains the greatest measure of righteousness?

4. Who does not come to the Lev home on Sundays, leaving Rivkeh and Asher to fix lunch for themselves?

5. In Chapter 4, when Asher goes to Yudel Krinsky to ask him about Russian Jewish history, what is Yudel eating?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Rivkeh want to enter the university?

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

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

6. 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?

7. What does Asher know about his paternal grandfather?

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

9. 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?

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

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