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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, the Just Man of the Flies, Part 1 | Chapter 4, The Just Man of the Flies, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Benjamin call his wife?
(a) Little darling.
(b) Fraulein Blumenthal.
(c) Dearly beloved.
(d) My dove.

2. Why did the Jews refuse to work in Polish factories when the country industrialized?
(a) They were too frail.
(b) They could not observe the Sabbath.
(c) They thought the factories were devilish.
(d) They preferred honorable starvation to work.

3. What does Mordecai Levy have to do to keep his potato harvesting job?
(a) Work harder than others.
(b) Agree to accept half wages.
(c) Fight.
(d) Walk many miles to work.

4. What does Moritz recommend to avoid persecution?
(a) Dress like the rest of the population.
(b) Worship at home.
(c) Learn to speak better German.
(d) Cut off earlocks.

5. What does Mordecai believe is the significance of being Jewish?
(a) They are wiser through suffering than other peoples.
(b) They are cursed by God.
(c) They are persecuted on behalf of the whole world.
(d) They are holier than other people.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the family avoid attack on the way to the synagogue?

2. What does Yankel, the young Galician, tell Benjamin happens to his tongue?

3. What were the Levys never able to identify about the Just Man in their family?

4. How does Ernie's family learn that the squadron of anti-Semites is coming?

5. What is Mordecai's pet name for Judith?

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