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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. Asher copies which painting as a gift for the classmate who teases him?
(a) Michelangelo's Last Judgment.
(b) Titian's The Sacrifice of Abraham.
(c) Van Gogh's Starry Night.
(d) The Mona Lisa.

2. While wandering alone through Manhattan, Asher visits whose art gallery?
(a) Picasso's.
(b) The Rebbe's.
(c) Jacob Kahn's.
(d) Anna Schaeffer's.

3. Jacob Kahn compares his sculpting of Asher to which famous piece of art?
(a) The Mona Lisa.
(b) The David.
(c) American Gothic.
(d) The Sistine Chapel.

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

5. For how much do Asher's small paintings sell?
(a) $35,000.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $3,000.
(d) $200.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jacob Kahn is demanding that Asher consider a different vocation, he describes art as what?

2. Where does Asher move when Rivkeh goes to Europe to be with Aryeh?

3. Where does Jacob Kahn live?

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

5. In Chapter 9, Jacob Kahn travels to see an art show in which city?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. Why does the Rebbe want Asher to study Russian?

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

7. Describe the Brooklyn Crucifixions.

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

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

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

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