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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What relief fund does Yoyl have to contribute to when he loses a bet?
(a) The local emigration fund.
(b) The Drozhne relief fund.
(c) The local orphanage.
(d) The Avelikz education fund.

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

3. Why does the thief claim to have no luck?
(a) He always gets caught.
(b) He can never sell his stolen goods.
(c) He cannot support his family.
(d) He can never find things to steal.

4. What does Berko do for a living?
(a) He is a tailor.
(b) He is a mason.
(c) He is a cantor.
(d) He makes vinegar.

5. What is the name of The Man from Buenos Aires's hometown?
(a) Paris.
(b) Ledvia.
(c) Soshmakin.
(d) Mitava.

6. What was the name of Rayzl's birth mother?
(a) Perl.
(b) Grace.
(c) Esther.
(d) Ruth.

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

8. How was Paysi's birth father related to his adopted father?
(a) They were cousins.
(b) They were best friends.
(c) They were brothers.
(d) They did not know each other.

9. Which city reports a cholera epidemic in the newspaper in A Game of Sixty-Six?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Odessa.
(d) St. Petersburg.

10. What was the name of Itsik's deceased brother.
(a) Afram
(b) Eisik.
(c) Alter.
(d) Isaac.

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

12. Where are the Cossack in The Wedding That Came Without Its Band from?
(a) Kaminka.
(b) Zhmerinka.
(c) Schtevka.
(d) Tulchin.

13. What is the name of the girl Danielschik marries?
(a) Osna.
(b) Hodl.
(c) Hilde.
(d) Gooda.

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

15. What type of coat does the narrator wear in High School?
(a) Lambskin.
(b) Skunk-fur.
(c) Mink.
(d) He wears no coat, only a heavy sweater.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Dovid taken to jail instead of Moyshe-Nachman?

2. Where does Aharon's son move so he can attend school?

3. What does the diamond dealer do to the young man who returns his case?

4. Why does the 60-year-old man claim to hate reading the newspaper?

5. Where is the setting of Hard Luck?

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