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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. After feeling unable to correctly tint the shadows of Rivkeh's cheek with a pencil, Asher uses what object to create the color of shadow?
(a) Charcoal.
(b) Melted chocolate.
(c) Sand.
(d) A cigarette.

2. When Asher enters the Rebbe's office, what is the first question the Rebbe asks?
(a) "How is your mother?"
(b) "Is school going well?"
(c) "How are you?"
(d) "How is your father?"

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

4. Yudel Krinsky describes which place as "a city of cafes and waltzes"?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Munich.
(c) Lisbon.
(d) London.

5. Who stays in Brooklyn with Asher while Aryeh moves to Europe?
(a) Rivkeh.
(b) The mashpia.
(c) Yitzchok Lev.
(d) Yudel Krinsky.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, Asher begins to want to use which artistic medium and discovers that he cannot afford it?

2. Jacob Kahn speaks with a slight accent from which country?

3. What is Yitzchok Lev's profession?

4. Aryeh plans to open which type of school in various places throughout Europe?

5. When Rivkeh is worried for Aryeh's safety, to which relative does she cry out?

Short Essay Questions

1. The mashpia talks with Asher about his behavior in school, such as his drawing the Rebbe in the Chumash. Then, he leaves Asher in the office with a notebook. What happens next?

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

3. Describe Asher's mythic ancestor.

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

5. 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?

6. What does Asher know about his paternal grandfather?

7. When Asher first meets Jacob Kahn, what advice does Jacob give him concerning becoming an artist?

8. When talking with Asher about Vienna, what does Yudel Krinsky imply when he quotes, "honor your father and mother"?

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

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

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