View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the diamond dealer try to sell to the commercial traveler at the end of the Hard Luck?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A necklace.
(c) Diamond earrings.
(d) A diamond ring.

3. Where does Moshke claim to be when his store burns down?
(a) On business in Odessa.
(b) At home taking a nap.
(c) At his nieces's engagement party.
(d) At his nephew's bar mitzvah.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the cantor's daughter who committed suicide?

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

3. How did Etke die?

4. What type of coat does the narrator wear in High School?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the locomotive arrive with no train attached to it in The Wedding That Came Without Its Band?

2. How do Moshke's neighbors respond when his store burns down a second time?

3. How does Motek describe his line of work?

4. What does the term "meeting the train" mean?

5. How did Eisik die in The Automatic Exemption?

6. How does Berko celebrate his life after the train incident?

7. As mentioned in the Slowpoke Express, what does the narrator consider a fact?

8. Describe the appearance of Yoyl Tashker.

9. How does the Diamond Dealer describe the thief?

10. What do the pogrom rioters find when they arrive at Heysen?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 620 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample