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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why should Itsik have an automatic exemption from the draft?
(a) He is missing an eye.
(b) He has poor health.
(c) He is a university student.
(d) He is an only son since the demise of his brother.

2. What does Yoyl Tashker do for a living?
(a) He owns a store.
(b) He is a doctor.
(c) He is a government official.
(d) He is a moneylender and a landlord.

3. In the game of Sixty-six, what is trump?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Hearts.
(c) Spades.
(d) Clubs.

4. Why is Dovid taken to jail instead of Moyshe-Nachman?
(a) They had switched identities.
(b) Moyshe-Nachman bribes the police officers.
(c) Dovid confesses.
(d) The police take a disliking to Dovid.

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

6. Why doesn't the narrator in trouble at the end of Fated for Misfortune?
(a) He is bankrupt.
(b) He has stolen money.
(c) He did not keep account books.
(d) He has broken his leg.

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

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

9. In The Automatic Exemption where does the tall bearded Jew currently reside?
(a) Mazapaevke.
(b) Mezritch.
(c) Kaminka.
(d) Vortolivke.

10. How is Moshke alerted when his store burns down?
(a) He is given a telegram.
(b) He arrives home and sees the flames.
(c) A neighbor comes and finds him.
(d) His wife runs to tell him.

11. What does the narrator and the Man from Buenos Aires drink for lunch?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Brandy.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Water.

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

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

14. How much money does Danielschik request so he can buy the beer hall and billiard parlor?
(a) Two hundred twenty-three rubles.
(b) Four hundred sixty-two rubles.
(c) One hundred ninety-six rubles.
(d) Five hundred forty-four rubles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Man from Buenos Aires first emigrated to Buenos Aires what job does he take in the countryside?

2. How was Paysi's birth father related to his adopted father?

3. What part of the entrance exam does the son initially fail in High School.

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

5. What does Itsik's mother call him for good luck?

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