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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Etke die?
(a) She was poisoned by a neighbor.
(b) She was trampled in a riot.
(c) She died of consumption.
(d) She committed suicide.

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

3. What is Kompanyevitch's profession?
(a) He is a notary.
(b) He is a garbage man.
(c) He is a banker.
(d) He is a carpenter.

4. What does the priest want to do when he is trapped on the runaway locomotive with Berko?
(a) Throw something in front of the train to slow it.
(b) Wait for help.
(c) Make a jump for it.
(d) Pull the brake.

5. What does Dovid do for a living for Brodky?
(a) He runs a factory.
(b) He is a torah reader in the synagogue.
(c) He is an accountant.
(d) He is a gardener.

6. How long had Moshke had insurance before the place burned down?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) One day.
(c) Two months.
(d) Two years.

7. How many partners does the Man from Buenos Aires have?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

9. How much money does Yayl have to pay when he loses the bet?
(a) 200 rubles.
(b) 10 rubles.
(c) 50 rubles.
(d) 100 rubles.

10. How many children does Moyshe-Nachman have?
(a) He has eight children.
(b) One son.
(c) Three daughter and one son.
(d) Two daughters.

11. How does Aharon's wife react when her son leaves school?
(a) She is furious and disowns him.
(b) She is heartbroken and becomes sick.
(c) She supports him and agrees with him.
(d) She is indifferent and doesn't react either way.

12. What does the son score lowly on the second time he takes the exams in High School?
(a) History.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) Spelling.
(d) Mathematics.

13. Why was the son exempt from the draft in High School?
(a) He had a heart condition.
(b) The father had already bribed the conscription officer.
(c) He is an only son.
(d) He was partly blind.

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

15. Where did the train accident happen in The MIracle of Hoshana Rabbah?
(a) Khashchevate.
(b) Bershed.
(c) Nemirov.
(d) Sobolivke.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Noyach Tonkonog able to read a telegram about the upcoming pogrom?

2. Why does Aharon's business fall apart?

3. Which is NOT one of the names that the priest mistakes for Berko's name for in The Miracle of Hoshanah Rabbah?

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

5. Who panics the most about the upcoming pogrom in The Wedding That Came Without Its Band?

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