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

2. How do the gossips explain the death of Yoyl Tashker's wife?
(a) They claim she committed suicide.
(b) They claim she died in a fire started by Yoyl.
(c) The claim she died of hunger.
(d) They claim he beat her to death.

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

4. What is the name of the cantor's daughter who committed suicide?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Veda.
(c) Chaika.
(d) Shoshana.

5. Which is NOT one of professions that Danielschik attempts to apprentice for?
(a) A watchmaker.
(b) A tailer.
(c) A carpenter.
(d) A goldsmith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Moshke claim to be when his store burns down?

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

3. Why was the son exempt from the draft in High School?

4. What was the name of Itsik's deceased brother.

5. Why does Aharon's business fall apart?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator of High School describe his wife?

2. How did Rayzl's birth mother die?

3. Describe the appearance of Danielchik.

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

5. What does the Jewish holiday of Sukkos celebrate?

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

7. How does Danielchik treat others as a child?

8. How does Moshke like to celebrate?

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

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

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