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

2. In "Three Encounters," what kind of work does the narrator's brother do?
(a) Religious.
(b) Political.
(c) Military.
(d) Literary.

3. In "Powers," what kind of women does the man say he thinks about often?
(a) Haunted ones.
(b) Dead ones.
(c) Famous ones.
(d) Young ones.

4. In "Powers," how was a woman saved from suicide?
(a) The reporter married her and watched over her.
(b) The man willed her to never have those thoughts again.
(c) Someone killed her instead.
(d) Someone caught her and put her in an asylum.

5. 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 "A Day in Coney Island," why does Esther leave the narrator?

2. What does the main character in "The Cabalist of East Broadway" say man does not live by?

3. In "A Dance and a Hop," how many times was Feigel engaged?

4. Who takes Morris on "The Psychic Journey"?

5. In "A Tale of Two Sisters," what is the name of the narrator's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Theresa from "A Quotation from Klopstock" dies?

2. What does Mrs. Brokeles apologize for in her letter to Harry?

3. In the short story "The Betrayer of Israel," why is Koppel considered the betrayer?

4. In "A Crown of Feathers," how does the second crown of feathers come to be?

5. In "The Power of Darkness," why is Henia so jealous?

6. In "Grandfather and Grandson," why is Mordecai so alone?

7. In "The Yearning Heifer," why does the narrator say he knows how the yearning heifer felt?

8. In "The Joke," how did Bendel get Walden to correspond with him?

9. In "The Power of Darkness," what does Henia do after her death?

10. In "The Admirer," for what does Elizabeth apologize?

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