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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Yearning Heifer," why does Bessie say the cow is wailing?
(a) It is being weaned.
(b) It needs a bull.
(c) It has a disease.
(d) It is giving birth.

2. In "Powers," what do the delivery boy and the reporter both have an interest in?
(a) The supernatural.
(b) Electricity.
(c) The Holocaust.
(d) The Jewish religion.

3. In "Old Love," where does Harry live?
(a) Tallahassee.
(b) Key West.
(c) Miami.
(d) Orlando.

4. In "A Tale of Two Sisters," why do the two sisters attack each other?
(a) They were sick.
(b) They were practicing.
(c) They had flashbacks.
(d) They were sharing a husband.

5. In "A Dance and a Hop," what does Rachel die of?
(a) An infected wound.
(b) Childbirth complications.
(c) Breast cancer.
(d) Tuberculosis.

6. In "The Psychic Journey," what is Morris's occupation?
(a) Editor.
(b) Writer.
(c) Publisher.
(d) Professor.

7. In "Grandfather and Grandson," what was Mordecai's wife's name?
(a) Balle.
(b) Belle.
(c) Berne.
(d) Beyl.

8. In Something Is There, what does the rabbi become skeptical about?
(a) The New Testament.
(b) The good economy in America.
(c) The existence of God.
(d) The safety of the concentration camps.

9. In "The Manuscript," what is Shibtah's occupation?
(a) Singer.
(b) Writer.
(c) Actor.
(d) Painter.

10. In "Powers," what gift does the delivery boy say he has?
(a) Telepathy.
(b) Flight.
(c) Super strength.
(d) Laser vision.

11. In "The Admirer," what disease does Elizabeth have?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Asthma.
(d) Consumption.

12. In "The Admirer," what disease does Elizabeth's stepdaughter have?
(a) Syphilis.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Asthma.
(d) Epilepsy.

13. In "Passions," who says Jonathan is the winner of the bet?
(a) Jonathan's father.
(b) A panel of rabbis.
(c) Zekele's wife.
(d) The professor.

14. In "A Dance and a Hop," what do the sisters all have in common?
(a) They are spinsters.
(b) They live in America.
(c) They were molested.
(d) They have tuberculosis.

15. In "A Day in Coney Island," why does the narrator say he left Poland?
(a) To find his father.
(b) To find his wife.
(c) To escape the Nazis.
(d) To abandon his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Passions," what is Jonathan's profession?

2. In "The Power of Darkness," what is driving Henia?

3. In "Powers," what kind of women does the man say he thinks about often?

4. In "The Betrayer of Israel," what is Koppel arrested for?

5. Where does "A Crown of Feathers" take place?

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