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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The Lev family doctor warns Asher about the lead in which color of paint?
2. Which character's unexpected death causes Rivkeh to fall into a serious depression?
3. At the beginning of Chapter 4, which person does Asher draw repeatedly?
4. Yudel Krinsky describes which place as "a city of cafes and waltzes"?
5. The Rebbe gives Asher permission to follow which vocation?
Short Essay Questions
1. Compare Aryeh's reaction to Stalin's death with Yudel Krinsky's reaction.
2. Why doesn't Asher want to go to Vienna?
3. The mashpia talks with Asher about his behavior in school, such as his drawing the Rebbe in the Chumash. Then, he leaves Asher in the office with a notebook. What happens next?
4. Explain the class's and the teacher's reactions to Asher's drawing in a Chumash. Why do you think they react in this way?
5. Why does Asher miss his father so much on the first Shabbos without him?
6. At the beginning of Chapter 4, Asher draws Stalin many times. How do Aryeh and Rivkeh react to Asher's renewed interest in drawing?
7. What happens to the Russian writers? How do the Levs react?
8. Explain the Rebbe's opinion of Asher's desire to be an artist.
9. Out of a deep longing to learn to use oil paints, Asher steals several tubes of oil paint and several brushes from Yudel Krinsky's store. What does he do with them? Why do you think he does this?
10. Describe Rivkeh's reaction to her loved one's death.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Jacob Kahn feels that it is necessary for Asher to learn to paint nudes. What do you think Asher's artistic education would have lost without learning to paint nudes? What value is there in that activity? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
"Vocation" is a word that describes one's choice of career as a way to fulfill one's personhood. This novel heavily emphasizes vocation as a way to follow God. Compare and contrast Aryeh's choice to travel for the Rebbe with Asher's choice to become an artist. Do you think they choose appropriate vocations to express who they are on the inside? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
Asher's street becomes a major subject for his art and a major symbol of security for him. If Asher had been forced to move to Europe with his parents, how do you think that move would have affected his art?
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