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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. What is the phrase used to describe the origin of things that are not holy or good?
2. What is the dessert Asher wants the housekeeper to make?
3. At the end of Chapter 3, Asher unwittingly draws a picture in his notebook of whom?
4. Asher requests to live with which character while Aryeh and Rivkeh are in Europe?
5. Yudel Krinsky spent many years in which geographical region?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the mashpia do at Asher's school?
2. Where does the Lev family spend their summers? What do they do there?
3. According to the mashpia's instructions, there are three types of Jews. List the types and explain them briefly.
4. Explain the Rebbe's opinion of Asher's desire to be an artist.
5. The scene when Asher meets Yudel Krinsky for the first time becomes a very important subject for Asher's art. What is Yudel Krinsky doing at the moment of meeting Asher? How does he act?
6. Why does Asher ask Yudel Krinsky questions about Russia?
7. In Chapter 6, Rivkeh takes Asher to the Parkway Museum (also called the Brooklyn Museum). Describe their experience there.
8. 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?
9. 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?
10. What does Asher know about his paternal grandfather?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Aryeh Lev's reaction and Yitzchok Lev's reaction to the art Asher creates as a child and teenager. How do you think you would respond if a member of your family chose to do something against everyone's expectations?
Essay Topic 2
Describe Aryeh's and Rivkeh's reactions to the Brooklyn Crucifixions. How are their reactions related to their feelings about the Jewish faith, Jewish history, and their community?
Essay Topic 3
When Asher hears about the conditions in which Russian Jews are living, he feels the need to ask Yudel Krinsky many questions about Siberia. The answers to these questions contribute to Asher's growing fear of leaving his Brooklyn street. Write an essay that describes what is happening in Russia and Siberia during the time of this novel, including as many of the novel's details as you can remember, and compare and contrast the characters' reaction to those evens. For example, how does Aryeh's reaction differ from Asher's? With whose opinion do you most sympathize?
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