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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Stillenstadt, Part 1 | Chapter 3, Stillenstadt, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Jews have to do to save their lives in York in 1185?
(a) Learn to speak English.
(b) Evacuate the synagogue.
(c) Cut their hair.
(d) Acknowledge the passion of Jesus Christ.

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

4. Who overruns and destroys the Levys' village?
(a) Italians.
(b) Cossacks.
(c) Ukrainians.
(d) Germans.

5. Why doesn't Judith rejoice when she becomes pregnant for the fourth time?
(a) She senses something is wrong with the fetus.
(b) She can't feed more children.
(c) She is afraid Mordecai will leave her.
(d) Her first three babies died in infancy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is each generation's joking response to "Let us speak of something gay"?

2. How did Rabbi Yom Tov Levy get his people out of the besieged watchtower of York?

3. What does Mordecai Levy have to do to keep his potato harvesting job?

4. Why is the village upset when Chaim Levy has more than one son?

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

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