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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. What does the Man from Buenos Aires show the narrator to prove his wealth?
(a) His thick billfold.
(b) His gold pocketwatch.
(c) His ebony cane.
(d) His diamond ring.

2. What does the priest want to do when he is trapped on the runaway locomotive with Berko?
(a) Throw something in front of the train to slow it.
(b) Wait for help.
(c) Pull the brake.
(d) Make a jump for it.

3. Which is NOT one of the names that the priest mistakes for Berko's name for in The Miracle of Hoshanah Rabbah?
(a) Itzko.
(b) Liebko.
(c) Moshko.
(d) Dezko.

4. Who panics the most about the upcoming pogrom in The Wedding That Came Without Its Band?
(a) The poor.
(b) Everyone panics equally.
(c) The rich.
(d) The middle class.

5. What is the name of the rich man who dies in Fated for Misfortune?
(a) Danielchik.
(b) Menasche.
(c) Nacuhmen.
(d) Simon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Etke die?

2. What relief fund does Yoyl have to contribute to when he loses a bet?

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

4. In The Automatic Exemption where does the tall bearded Jew currently reside?

5. Why should Itsik have an automatic exemption from the draft?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Moshke like to celebrate?

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

4. Describe the appearance of Yoyl Tashker.

5. Describe the appearance of Danielchik.

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

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

8. How did Rayzl's birth mother die?

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

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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