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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following historical figures does Sabbath mention when Michelle asks him why he pushes everyone away?
(a) Nostradamus.
(b) The Marquis de Sade.
(c) Vlad the Impaler.
(d) Savanarola.

3. Due to which of the following realizations does Sabbath claim that he fainted when Norman kicked him out?
(a) Due to the realization that he no longer had access to Norman's good food and comfortable lifestyle.
(b) Due to the realization that he still had the beggar's cup in his pocket, and he thought that he had lost Michelle over that.
(c) Due to the realization that he did not have any money and nowhere to go.
(d) Due to the realization that his plot to blackmail Norman with Michelle's Polaroids would never come to fruition.

4. Which of the following is in the other envelope that Rosa pulls out of Michelle's drawer?
(a) Love letters from Michelle's first husband.
(b) Plane tickets.
(c) Keys.
(d) Pictures of Michelle in lingerie.

5. What does Sabbath say when Norman catches him with Deborah's picture?
(a) He tells Norman that she is ugly.
(b) He says that she reminds him of his long-lost daughter.
(c) He asks Norman where she is.
(d) He calls Deborah "sweet".

6. How did Roseanna react when she first found out about the scandal concerning Sabbath?
(a) She started slapping and punching Sabbath.
(b) In a rage, she went to Kathy's house to confront her.
(c) She drove her car into a boulder, and then laid down on the road.
(d) She tried to commit suicide with painkillers.

7. Why does Sabbath refuse to read the newspapers that Norman gives him?
(a) Because he is afraid that there will be a story about him.
(b) Because they often portray the Japanese in a positive light.
(c) Because he does not want to look at the obituaries.
(d) Because he does not want to get newsprint on his hands.

8. What does Michelle say about Helen as Sabbath is telling his story?
(a) That Helen was brave, and reminds Michelle of her daughter.
(b) That Helen reminds Michelle of what she was like at that age.
(c) That Helen should have filed charges against Sabbath.
(d) That Helen must have been promiscuous if she did not mind what Sabbath did.

9. What patriotic item which belonged to Morty does Sabbath discover?
(a) A newspaper from D-Day.
(b) A draft card.
(c) A red, white, and blue yarmulke.
(d) A gold coin.

10. Which of the following reasons is Sabbath's justification for taking the money and pictures upon fleeing Norman's house?
(a) Sabbath plans on returning them at some point.
(b) Norman has plenty of money and can always get more pictures of Michelle.
(c) Sabbath needs them more than Norman does.
(d) Seeing them would destroy Norman.

11. At the end of Part 8, what does Sabbath do at the beach?
(a) He feeds the sea gulls.
(b) He collects seashells.
(c) He cries for his brother.
(d) He washes his filthy clothes in the ocean.

12. According to Crawford, who tends the Sabbath family's graves?
(a) An elderly man.
(b) A woman, maybe their daughter.
(c) A man, younger than Sabbath.
(d) No one.

13. Why does Rosa show Sabbath where Norman's family keeps their money?
(a) Because she thinks that he will kill her if she does not.
(b) Because she is hoping that he will give her a share.
(c) Because she does not like Norman.
(d) Because she feels sorry for Sabbath and wants to help him.

14. How does Sabbath respond when Norman takes his hand?
(a) Sabbath wonders how much money he can convince Norman to give him.
(b) Sabbath pulls away from Norman and runs out the door.
(c) Sabbath thinks that he can parlay Norman's sympathy into at least a week's stay.
(d) Sabbath sits and stares at Norman in a dumbfounded way.

15. At the beginning of Part 6, Sabbath is likened to which of the following fictional characters?
(a) Rip Van Winkle.
(b) Ishmael.
(c) Mephistopheles.
(d) Prince Charming.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sabbath think that Michelle is cheating on Norman?

2. How is Norman described when Sabbath sees him?

3. Sabbath is convinced that the young woman he meets on the subway is whose daughter?

4. Where did Sabbath go after visiting Roseanna at the hospital?

5. Why does Sabbath not want to be buried next to Drenka?

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