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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Berko go after the train stops?
(a) He is taken to jail for starting the locamotive.
(b) He spends the holiday with friends in Heysen.
(c) He travels up the line.
(d) He returns home.

2. Where does Aharon's son move so he can attend school?
(a) Poland.
(b) Germany.
(c) Siberia.
(d) Latvia.

3. Which is NOT one of the names that the priest mistakes for Berko's name for in The Miracle of Hoshanah Rabbah?
(a) Dezko.
(b) Liebko.
(c) Itzko.
(d) Moshko.

4. How much money does Moshke claim it takes to hire someone to "give the match a scratch?"
(a) 50 rubles.
(b) 3 rubles.
(c) 10 rubles.
(d) 300 rubles.

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

6. Where is the Russian priest from in The Miracle of Hoshana Rabbah?
(a) Mazapevke.
(b) Sobolivke.
(c) Heysen.
(d) Golovonyevsk.

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

8. What is the name of Moshke's insurance agent?
(a) Paysi.
(b) Zaynvel.
(c) Hershel.
(d) Itzl.

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

10. In The Automatic Exemption, what place is the tall bearded Jew originally from?
(a) Vorotolivke.
(b) Mazapevke.
(c) Agvrik.
(d) Mezritch.

11. How do most people prepare for the pogrom?
(a) They hide.
(b) They offer bribes.
(c) The completely leave town.
(d) The plan to attack before they are attacked.

12. What language does Paysi learn as a youth in addition to his own?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish.
(d) English.

13. Why does Aharon's son get rid of his school hat?
(a) He has left school.
(b) The hat no longer fits his head.
(c) He lost his hat playing a game.
(d) He doesn't want others to know he is a student.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the train accident happen in The MIracle of Hoshana Rabbah?

3. How is Moshke alerted when his store burns down?

4. How much the narrator pay for the dowry of the girl as fiduciary in Fated for Misfortune.

5. How much money does Danielschik request for his ticket to America?

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