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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is embarrassed by Nathan's behavior in a restaurant?
(a) Henry.
(b) Maria.
(c) Carol.
(d) Shuki.

2. What does the church congregation in Part 5 share with each other?
(a) Dances.
(b) Refreshments.
(c) Music.
(d) Worries.

3. What does Henry consider to be too risky to throw away in Manhattan?
(a) His diary.
(b) Nathan's eulogy.
(c) His wallet.
(d) Nathan's papers.

4. Whose letter annoys Nathan?
(a) Shuki's.
(b) Carol's.
(c) Henry's.
(d) Maria's.

5. What is Henry cast as in one of Nathan's books?
(a) Defender of his father.
(b) Assassin of his father.
(c) A lover.
(d) A terrorist.

6. What word best describes Georgina?
(a) Shy.
(b) Loud.
(c) Angry.
(d) Obnoxious.

7. Who is said to verbally attack people?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Maria's mother.
(d) Georgina.

8. Where does Carol refuse to send her children?
(a) Germany.
(b) Israel.
(c) The United States.
(d) London.

9. Whom does Henry encounter at Nathan's funeral?
(a) Nathan's first wife.
(b) Nathan's second wife.
(c) His mother.
(d) Nathan's third wife.

10. What do readers want to know about Nathan's books?
(a) If they're expensive.
(b) If they're worth money.
(c) If they're fact or fiction.
(d) If they're worth reading.

11. What does Nathan warn Henry about?
(a) Fanaticism.
(b) Bad times.
(c) Health conditions.
(d) Dying.

12. What type of note does Jimmy Ben-Joseph show Henry?
(a) A love note.
(b) A hate note.
(c) A press statement.
(d) A suicide note.

13. Who feels "under pressure"?
(a) Nathan.
(b) Jimmy Ben-Joseph.
(c) Shuki.
(d) Henry.

14. What type of corner does Nathan find in church?
(a) A calm corner.
(b) A musical corner.
(c) A quiet corner.
(d) A happy corner.

15. Who wrote Nathan's eulogy?
(a) Henry.
(b) Maria.
(c) Nathan.
(d) Nathan's editor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Sarah label as anti-semitic?

2. Where does Nathan leave Henry in Part 5?

3. Whom does Nathan write a letter to while on an airplane?

4. What will cause problems between Nathan and Maria's mother?

5. Who tells Nathan that his plans for surgery are foolish?

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