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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Part 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Rosa?
(a) Norman's maid.
(b) Deborah's cousin.
(c) Norman's daughter.
(d) Norman's wife.

2. Which of the following does Sabbath do before leaving the cemetery?
(a) He cleans his family members' headstones.
(b) He pays for his plot and funeral.
(c) He prays for his family.
(d) He searches for the graves of people with whom he went to school.

3. What personal crisis led to Roseanna's hospital stay in 1989?
(a) A miscarriage.
(b) A scandal involving Sabbath and one of his students.
(c) The death of her parents.
(d) A divorce.

4. Which of the following anti-Semitic comments does Nikki make to Sabbath after her mother's death?
(a) She makes fun of Sabbath for wearing a yarmulke during the funeral.
(b) She accuses Sabbath of not wanting to pay for a nice funeral because he is Jewish and cheap.
(c) She says that her mother died heartbroken because Nikki married a Jew.
(d) She says that it is cold of the Jews to bury their dead so quickly.

5. How does Sabbath feel when he enters the Jewish cemetery?
(a) He feels uncomfortable.
(b) He feels overwhelmed.
(c) He is flooded with memories.
(d) He feels peaceful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Roseanna's nervous breakdown?

2. Who is Silvija?

3. Sabbath often feels the presence of which of his departed relatives?

4. Why does Matija's story about the sympathy cards that he received after Drenka's death upset Sabbath?

5. How long has it been since Nikki disappeared?

(see the answer key)

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