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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Burnt Out, pp. 247-255, Hard Luck, pp. 255-259.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of the entrance exam does the son initially fail in High School.
(a) Science.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) History.
(d) Language.

2. What convinces the Jews of Bohopoli to become "poliakovs" or people work for the railroad?
(a) They were forced to work on the railroad by the army.
(b) They were given a tax break.
(c) It was an easy way to make money.
(d) They were anxious to be able to travel to St. Petersburg more easily.

3. Why isn't the end of Kivke's story disclosed?
(a) Kivke himself appears on the scene and everyone goes quiet.
(b) The man did not know the ending.
(c) The man telling the story had to catch a train.
(d) A unexpected pogrom breaks up the storytelling.

4. What does the Man from Buenos Aires show the narrator to prove his wealth?
(a) His thick billfold.
(b) His ebony cane.
(c) His diamond ring.
(d) His gold pocketwatch.

5. Who is Gorky?
(a) An important literary figure.
(b) A revered Rabbi.
(c) The leader of the revolutionary movement.
(d) The current prime minister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which city reports a cholera epidemic in the newspaper in A Game of Sixty-Six?

2. How much money does Kivke request when he has been cheated by his father-in-law?

3. What does the son score lowly on the second time he takes the exams in High School?

4. What does the long-haired messenger tell Hodl?

5. How does the Diamond dealer regard his ability to sell diamond?

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