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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 won't Yoyl terminate Kompanyevitch's lease even though he greatly dislikes him?
(a) He is afraid Kompanyevitch would exact revenge on him.
(b) He likes having something to complain about.
(c) Kompanyevitch pays on time.
(d) He has given his word as a gentleman not to.

2. How do most people prepare for the pogrom?
(a) They hide.
(b) The completely leave town.
(c) The plan to attack before they are attacked.
(d) They offer bribes.

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

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

5. Why doesn't the narrator in trouble at the end of Fated for Misfortune?
(a) He has broken his leg.
(b) He is bankrupt.
(c) He did not keep account books.
(d) He has stolen money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the priest want to do when he is trapped on the runaway locomotive with Berko?

2. Which city reports a cholera epidemic in the newspaper in A Game of Sixty-Six?

3. What is the name of the town where the Man from Buenos Aires gets a job leading around a blind cantor?

4. Which is NOT one of the names that the priest mistakes for Berko's name for in The Miracle of Hoshanah Rabbah?

5. In the game of Sixty-six, what is trump?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Moshke like to celebrate?

4. Describe the appearance of Danielchik.

5. How does the Diamond Dealer describe the thief?

6. Describe the appearance of Motek.

7. What does the Jewish holiday of Sukkos celebrate?

8. How did Rayzl's birth mother die?

9. 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?

10. Describe the appearance of Yoyl Tashker.

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