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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 beginning of Chapter 12, Aryeh and Rivkeh share a private joke over which of Rivkeh's habits?
(a) Forgetting where she has laid her book.
(b) Biting her fingernails.
(c) Waiting at windows.
(d) Tapping her fingertips on the table.

2. In Chapter 9 when Aryeh comes home for a visit, how does he look?
(a) Healthy.
(b) Old and tired.
(c) Triumphant.
(d) Angry.

3. Where do Asher and Jacob Kahn go to view a Van Gogh exhibit?
(a) Boston.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Toronto.

4. Aryeh makes the statement that which type of people take art very seriously?
(a) Art critics.
(b) Goyim.
(c) Newspaper writers.
(d) Americans.

5. Who is Avraham Cutler's father?
(a) The mashpia.
(b) Reuben Cutler.
(c) The Rebbe.
(d) Yudel Krinsky.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 14, which character does Asher call to ask about his parents?

2. In what month does Asher meet with Jacob Kahn for the first time?

3. What kind of hat does Asher wear?

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

5. Where does Jacob Kahn take Asher for the summer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe how Anna Schaeffer looks.

3. How do the strangers at the art show react to the Brooklyn Crucifixions?

4. Describe the Brooklyn Crucifixions.

5. Describe how Jacob Kahn looks in Chapter 14.

6. In Chapter 13, Asher's understanding of his mythic ancestor changes. What does Asher realize about him?

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

8. What does Jacob Kahn say about the first painting Asher creates of his enemy classmate?

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

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

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