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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why was the son exempt from the draft in High School?
(a) He is an only son.
(b) He had a heart condition.
(c) The father had already bribed the conscription officer.
(d) He was partly blind.

4. How does the train eventually stop?
(a) It loses momentum climbing a steep hill.
(b) It runs out of fuel.
(c) It runs off track and crashes.
(d) Train engineers manage to put something on the tracks to stop it.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What color of ties is Froike-Sheygetz partial to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Motek able to emigrate to Buenos Aires?

2. What type of relationship does Yoyl have with his neighbor Kompanyevitch?

3. Describe the appearance of Yoyl Tashker.

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

5. What does the 60-year-old man do to giveaway his skill at cards?

6. In The Automatic Exemption, when the father visits lawyers in Yehupetz and explains his predicament to them, why are they unable to give him advice?

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

8. Why does Moyshe-Nachman have to support Dovid's family in Go Climb a Tree?

9. Why does Aharon's son leave the school?

10. What does Motek learn from his succession of low paying difficult jobs?

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