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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. In the evenings during the summer, which street do Asher and Jacob Kahn often walk on?
(a) Fifth Avenue.
(b) Main Street.
(c) Elm Street.
(d) Commercial Street.

2. In Chapter 8 while Jacob Kahn is beginning to teach Asher to be an artist, he draws a pen-and-ink drawing of what subject?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Asher.
(c) A still life.
(d) His home neighborhood.

3. Aryeh notes that someone in Florence thought he belonged to which religious group?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Greek Orthodoxy.
(d) Hinduism.

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

5. Where does Asher have his first experience of painting a nude?
(a) An art class at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(b) At home.
(c) Jacob Kahn's studio.
(d) In school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Asher and Jacob Kahn go to view a Van Gogh exhibit?

2. Besides learning art, what does Asher learn from Jacob Kahn in Chapter 10?

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

4. What is the title of the book Rivkeh's professor gives to Asher?

5. In Chapter 9 when Aryeh comes home for a visit, how does he look?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Rav Dorochoff react to Asher's calling him in the middle of the night?

2. What types of paintings does Jacob Kahn emphasize in his trips with Asher to the Metropolitan Museum of Art? Why?

3. Describe the sculpture that Jacob Kahn specifically keeps for himself in Chapter 11, purportedly at his wife's request.

4. What does Asher do for the summer while Jacob Kahn campaigns for Kennedy?

5. What is Asher's strongest memory of his first art show?

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

7. How does Asher describe the difference between a naked woman and a nude?

8. Before meeting with Jacob Kahn for the first time, Asher receives an assignment from him to read a story from the New Testament. What is the story? How does Asher feel about reading it?

9. Describe the person with whom Asher stays in Florence.

10. Describe how Anna Schaeffer looks.

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