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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jimmy believes that the Jewish people are being held back by ______________.
(a) Misunderstanding.
(b) The past.
(c) The future.
(d) Hate.

2. Who refuses to throw Nathan's manuscript away?
(a) Henry.
(b) Shuki.
(c) Carol.
(d) Maria.

3. Who is pregnant in Part 5?
(a) Carol.
(b) Wendy.
(c) Phoebe.
(d) Maria.

4. Who are Sarah and Georgina?
(a) Maria's step-sisters.
(b) Maria's cousins.
(c) Maria's aunts.
(d) Maria's sisters.

5. Whose unhappy marriage and divorce does Nathan think about while in church?
(a) Maria's.
(b) Henry and Carol.
(c) Maria's parents.
(d) His parents.

6. What copies of Nathan's manuscript does Henry search for?
(a) Draft#1 and Draft#3
(b) Draft #3 and Draft#4.
(c) Draft#2 and Draft#5.
(d) Draft #1 and Draft #2.

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

8. What do the people in Maria's dream shout to her?
(a) "Oy Vey!"
(b) "Help! Help!"
(c) "No!"
(d) "Judea! Judea!"

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

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

11. What does Henry feel he was never able to do?
(a) Read.
(b) Dance.
(c) Write.
(d) Sing.

12. Who causes Henry to remember what caused the rift between Nathan and himself?
(a) Nathan's first wife.
(b) Nathan's third wife.
(c) Nathan's editor.
(d) Carol.

13. What is the first section of Nathan's manuscript titled?
(a) My heart.
(b) The problem.
(c) Basel.
(d) Medicine.

14. Who recognizes Henry as Nathan's brother?
(a) A heavy man.
(b) A skinny man.
(c) A hairless man.
(d) A bearded man.

15. Whom does Henry bribe with friendly words and cash?
(a) His landlord.
(b) Nathan's landlord.
(c) His daughter.
(d) Wendy's landlord.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Nathan begin to feel affection for in Part 4?

2. Who says Maria's Jewish friend smells?

3. What type of corner does Nathan find in church?

4. What does Henry consider to be too risky to throw away in Manhattan?

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

(see the answer keys)

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