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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What convinces the Jews of Bohopoli to become "poliakovs" or people work for the railroad?
(a) They were forced to work on the railroad by the army.
(b) They were anxious to be able to travel to St. Petersburg more easily.
(c) It was an easy way to make money.
(d) They were given a tax break.

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

3. How many Jews are admitted into the high school in High School?
(a) 20.
(b) 2.
(c) 83.
(d) 4.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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.

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

13. What is the name of the rich man who dies in Fated for Misfortune?
(a) Menasche.
(b) Nacuhmen.
(c) Danielchik.
(d) Simon.

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

15. What is the name of the person that Moshke has to pay to "keep his mouth shut?"
(a) Nachman.
(b) Aharon.
(c) Yosef.
(d) Dovid.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the Russian priest from in The Miracle of Hoshana Rabbah?

3. In The Automatic Exemption, what place is the tall bearded Jew originally from?

4. How do most people prepare for the pogrom?

5. How many partners does the Man from Buenos Aires have?

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