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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 biblical book does Asher read on the holiday of Tisha b'Av?
(a) Jonah.
(b) Genesis.
(c) Lamentations.
(d) Psalms.

2. Jacob Kahn states that all paintings fall into one of which two categories?
(a) Love and hate.
(b) Impressionism and realism.
(c) Geometry and a flower.
(d) Life and death.

3. Which college does Asher plan to attend?
(a) New York University.
(b) Brooklyn College.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Harvard.

4. Besides learning art, what does Asher learn from Jacob Kahn in Chapter 10?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Playing golf.
(c) Weaving.
(d) Reading French.

5. Jacob Kahn takes Asher to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to look at various paintings of which subject?
(a) Nudes.
(b) Portraits.
(c) The crucifixion.
(d) The madonna and child.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Asher falls asleep in class, the teacher makes fun of him by calling him which name?

2. Jacob Kahn compares his sculpting of Asher to which famous piece of art?

3. For how much do Asher's small paintings sell?

4. According to Asher, which group of people first painted nudes?

5. What method of creating art does Asher learn in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 8, where is Aryeh?

2. How does Jacob Kahn talk to God?

3. Describe how Jacob Kahn looks in Chapter 14.

4. Describe the Brooklyn Crucifixions.

5. Why does Jacob Kahn say that Asher is becoming a whore?

6. What does Asher draw for his enemy classmate? Describe the picture.

7. What does Aryeh look like in Chapter 12, after Rivkeh has spent several years with him in Europe?

8. Why does Asher begin carrying messages for the Rebbe?

9. What objects does Asher notice in his parents' bedroom?

10. How does Jacob Kahn respond when Asher asks him if the artist he had just visited was happy?

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