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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 Chapter 14, which character does Asher call to ask about his parents?
(a) Yudel Krinsky.
(b) Avraham Cutler.
(c) The mashpia.
(d) Rav Dorochoff.

2. In Chapter 12, Rivkeh asks Asher several times if what type of painting will appear in his shows?
(a) Portraits of people they know.
(b) Abstract impressionism.
(c) Nudes.
(d) Crucifixions.

3. Where does Asher move when Rivkeh goes to Europe to be with Aryeh?
(a) Jacob Kahn's apartment.
(b) Boarding school.
(c) Yitzchok Lev's house.
(d) Yudel Krinsky's house.

4. Which person from Asher's life in Brooklyn comes to visit him in Paris?
(a) The mashpia.
(b) Jacob Kahn.
(c) Aryeh.
(d) Anna Schaeffer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Asher while he is talking with Aryeh in Chapter 14, who buys his paintings?

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

3. At the show, Jacob Kahn tells Asher that he wishes he had whose "gall"?

4. In Chapter 11, Asher mentions that which character has passed away?

5. What biblical book does Asher read on the holiday of Tisha b'Av?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the illness that forces Jacob Kahn into bed for a few days?

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

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

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

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

8. Describe how Jacob Kahn looks in Chapter 14.

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

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

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