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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Moyshe-Nachman from?

2. Who panics the most about the upcoming pogrom in The Wedding That Came Without Its Band?

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

4. Why won't Yoyl terminate Kompanyevitch's lease even though he greatly dislikes him?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Danielchik treat others as a child?

2. How does Moyshe-Nachman regard the affair of the arrest of his brother-in-law?

3. How did Paysi's father die?

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

5. How does the Diamond Dealer describe the thief?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Motek describe his line of work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Aleichem draw attention to the generation gap between youth and their parents in this book, and what developments in the plot arise from the misunderstandings between generations?

Essay Topic 2

How does Aleichem depict the social issue of the unfair Russian drafting of Jews in his stories and what stance does Aleichem make about the concept?

Essay Topic 3

How does Aleichem use the literary tool of dialogue to introduce new characters and establish themes? Is he effective in its use, why or why not?

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