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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. How does the family avoid attack on the way to the synagogue?
(a) They split up into small groups.
(b) They travel together to protect each other.
(c) They take off their cloaks and hats.
(d) They avoid main streets and thoroughfares.

2. What does Yankel, the young Galician, tell Benjamin happens to his tongue?
(a) It speaks velvet words.
(b) It cuts someone each time it speaks.
(c) It tells only lies.
(d) It becomes confused and stumbles.

3. When Benjamin's hand bleeds, what do his fellow workers think about their cruelty?
(a) They have become impervious to pain.
(b) They have gone beyond forgiveness.
(c) They have literally pierced him with unkindness.
(d) They have become like Germans.

4. What is "Berlin Madness"?
(a) Public renouncing of one's religion.
(b) Rabies.
(c) Using sharp words to endure distress.
(d) Forgetting one's homeland.

5. What were the Levys never able to identify about the Just Man in their family?
(a) The purpose of a Just man.
(b) The signs by which God made his choice.
(c) The identifying features of a Just Man in childhood.
(d) The way to treat a Just Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mordecai Levy advise the village girl he meets to be kind to him?

2. What does the village girl point out to Mordecai Levy?

3. What did Yankel, the young Galician, do to his fellow villagers?

4. Why did the Jews refuse to work in Polish factories when the country industrialized?

5. What does Moritz love best as a child?

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