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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 convinces the Jews of Bohopoli to become "poliakovs" or people work for the railroad?
(a) They were forced to work on the railroad by the army.
(b) They were anxious to be able to travel to St. Petersburg more easily.
(c) It was an easy way to make money.
(d) They were given a tax break.

2. What part of the entrance exam does the son initially fail in High School.
(a) Science.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) History.
(d) Language.

3. In The Automatic Exemption, what place is the tall bearded Jew originally from?
(a) Mazapevke.
(b) Mezritch.
(c) Vorotolivke.
(d) Agvrik.

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

5. What does the diamond dealer try to sell to the commercial traveler at the end of the Hard Luck?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A diamond ring.
(d) Diamond earrings.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Priest treat Berko after the train stops?

2. How was Paysi's birth father related to his adopted father?

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

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

5. How did Etke die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the appearance of Motek.

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

6. How did Eisik die in The Automatic Exemption?

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

8. What do the pogrom rioters find when they arrive at Heysen?

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

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

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