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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Priest treat Berko after the train stops?
(a) He shouts curses at him.
(b) He shakes hands with him.
(c) He punches him.
(d) He completely ignores him.

2. What is the name of the cantor's daughter who committed suicide?
(a) Veda.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Chaika.
(d) Shoshana.

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does the Diamond dealer regard his ability to sell diamond?
(a) He sees himself as an artist.
(b) He sees himself as a complete failure.
(c) He thinks he is efficient, but not particularly successful.
(d) He thinks he is in the "middle of the pack," as dealers go.

9. Why does Berko think the train stopped?
(a) He assumes it was just a coincidence.
(b) He thinks it was purely due to his own genius.
(c) He thinks the power of the Priest's faith stopped it.
(d) He was fated to live another year.

10. How do the gossips explain the death of Yoyl Tashker's wife?
(a) The claim she died of hunger.
(b) They claim she died in a fire started by Yoyl.
(c) They claim she committed suicide.
(d) They claim he beat her to death.

11. Where is Moyshe-Nachman from?
(a) Yehupetz.
(b) Kaminka.
(c) Purishkevitch.
(d) Konnele.

12. Why does the 60-year-old man claim to hate reading the newspaper?
(a) Because the newspaper depresses him.
(b) Because reading on the train gives him motion sickness.
(c) Because he is not a good reader.
(d) Because it is not his hometown newspaper.

13. How is Noyach Tonkonog able to read a telegram about the upcoming pogrom?
(a) He does not reveal how he sees the telegram.
(b) He owns a printshop and is connected to officials.
(c) He has a close friend who is a Christian that gives it to him.
(d) He accidentily sees it while making deliveries.

14. What is the name of the boy, who Etke reads the book Sanine with?
(a) Navaredok.
(b) Tendvka.
(c) Tashker.
(d) His name is not given.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the rich man who dies in Fated for Misfortune?

2. How many children does Moyshe-Nachman have?

3. Which is NOT one of professions that Danielschik attempts to apprentice for?

4. How many times in total does Itsik have to go before the draft board?

5. What does Dovid do for a living for Brodky?

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