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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. What does Tamara think is hysterical at the debate?
(a) That Sam is indignant over something another ASH member says.
(b) That the people think they are making a difference.
(c) That Sam is indignant over a question by a Gentile.
(d) That Sam is at a loss for words.

2. For whom does Hephzibah cry?
(a) Sydney.
(b) Sam.
(c) Libor and Julian.
(d) Herself.

3. What happens to Meryer Abramsky and his family?
(a) They are refused entry into Israel.
(b) They are killed in a bus bombing.
(c) They are ejected from a settlement.
(d) They are killed in a train bombing.

4. Why does Sam drive to Oxford?
(a) He is meeting the co-author of a book he is writing.
(b) He's meeting a key member of the ASH group.
(c) He's meeting a woman who has written an article that appeals to him.
(d) He cannot reach his son or daughter on the phone.

5. Who does Libor sit opposite of on a bus one day?
(a) Julian.
(b) Alfredo.
(c) Sam.
(d) Emmy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why won't Libor do anything for Emmy's grandson?

2. Where does Julian walk when he feels overwhelmed?

3. For what is Julian to blame?

4. What does Libor do in Beachy Head?

5. What debate started the scuffle outside the Oxford Union?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Libor and a woman walking her dog intervene with some children?

2. Why is Hephzibah feeling paranoid?

3. What does Emmy say about Libor's attitude towards his fellow Jews?

4. What does Julian realize when he returns to the apartment he shares with Hephzibah and what does he decide?

5. What man interests Sam and what does Hephzibah say about the man and his friends?

6. Why is Hephzibah concerned about the opening to the museum?

7. What does Sam think is so beautiful about Kaddish?

8. How does Julian cause Libor to cry?

9. How do Julian and Hephzibah each blame him/herself for Libor's death?

10. What does Julian recall about a face-painting incident?

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