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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. In "Alone," where does the narrator's wife live?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Miami.
(d) New York.

2. In "Tiabel and Her Demon," how does Tiabel feel when she learns Alchanon died?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Angry.
(d) Confused.

3. In "The Letter Writer," what is Herman interested in?
(a) The supernatural.
(b) Communing with the dead.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Jewish artifacts.

4. In "Tiabel and Her Demon," why does Nissan leave his wife?
(a) Their three children die.
(b) He cheats on her.
(c) She cannot get pregnant.
(d) She cheats on him.

5. In "The Dead Fiddler," what does the fiddler demand at night?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Sex.
(c) Liquor.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Henne Fire," where did Hennerly get her nickname?

2. In "The Slaughterer," where does Meir throw his butcher's knives?

3. In "Short Friday," who helps Shmul with his work?

4. What does "The Gentleman from Cracow" do when he arrives in Frampol?

5. In "A Friend of Kafka," how does Kohn impress others?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Joy," what does Bainish talk about with Reb Abraham?

2. What does Nahum from "The Spinoza of Market Street" think makes him a fool?

3. What does Zorach say about death at the end of "The Séance"?

4. In "Short Friday," how does Shmul get to Paradise?

5. Why does the desk clerk in "Alone get angry with the narrator?

6. For whom is a special tomb made in "The Gentleman from Cracow," and why?

7. How did Hennerly in "Henne Fire" die?

8. In "Alone," how did the desk clerk become a hunchback?

9. In "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy," what does Yentl do after her father's death?

10. In "The Last Demon," how is the imp revealed?

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