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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Automatic Exemption, pp. 229-238, It Doesn't Pay to Be Good, pp. 238-.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In The Automatic Exemption where does the tall bearded Jew currently reside?
(a) Mezritch.
(b) Vortolivke.
(c) Mazapaevke.
(d) Kaminka.

2. Why did the man in It Doesn't Pay to Be Good adopt two children?
(a) Because he is childless.
(b) Because he had an omen that he should adopt them.
(c) Because there was a tax break for adopting them.
(d) Because he thought they resembled him.

3. What is Itsik short for?
(a) Avrom-Yitzhok.
(b) Avrik-Itzl.
(c) It is not an abhreviation of any name.
(d) Eisik.

4. How many times in total does Itsik have to go before the draft board?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. How many days do Tevye and Golde mourn Chava when they realize she isn't coming home?
(a) 10.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Chvedka educated?

2. What does Itsik's mother call him for good luck?

3. Why is there a sudden influx in the population of Boiberik in Shprintze?

4. Before her adoption, how is the girl Rayzl related to her adopted father?

5. What does the narrator and the Man from Buenos Aires drink for lunch?

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