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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. Why does the Man from Buenos Aires run away from home at a young age?
(a) To escape his abusive step-father.
(b) To start his career as a performer.
(c) To avoid getting drafted into the army.
(d) To follow the love of his life.

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

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

4. What is the name of the Man from Buenos Aires?
(a) Levi.
(b) Motek.
(c) Asher.
(d) Pithom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Aharon's business fall apart?

2. How much money does Yayl have to pay when he loses the bet?

3. Why did the man in It Doesn't Pay to Be Good adopt two children?

4. How is Noyach Tonkonog able to read a telegram about the upcoming pogrom?

5. What is the name of the person that Moshke has to pay to "keep his mouth shut?"

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. How did Rayzl's birth mother die?

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the appearance of Motek.

8. How does Motek describe his line of work?

9. How did Paysi's father die?

10. Why does the 60-year-old man tell the narrator a long story about how someone was tricked out of money playing cards?

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