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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 "A Friend of Kafka," how does Kohn impress others?
(a) With his magic tricks.
(b) With his intelligence.
(c) With his stories.
(d) With his poems.

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

3. In "Zeidel the Pope," how does Zeidel lose his bag of coins?
(a) He donates it to charity.
(b) It is used to pay rent.
(c) A thief takes it.
(d) He misplaces it.

4. In "The Séance," from whom does Zorach escape?
(a) The police.
(b) The insurgents.
(c) The Jews.
(d) The Nazis.

5. In "The Letter Writer," how did Herman's family die?
(a) In the Holocaust.
(b) In an attack and robbery.
(c) In a plague epidemic.
(d) In a house fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Joy," what is Bainish's occupation?

2. In "The Séance," what does Zorach like to write?

3. In "Zeidel the Pope," how old is Zeidel when he becomes a rabbi?

4. In "Joy," what is Bainish's wife expecting him to do?

5. Where does Gimpel live in "Gimpel the Fool"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and why is Liesel punished in "The Destruction of Kreshev"?

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

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

4. In "The Unseen," on what does Nathan blame his fall from grace?

5. Why does Liebe in "The Dead Fiddler" never marry?

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

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

8. In "The Little Shoemakers," what happens when Abba gets to America?

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

10. How did Esther in "The Cafeteria" die?

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