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

2. What does Judith do when a soldier attacks Mordecai?
(a) She offers herself in his place.
(b) She runs away.
(c) She kills him.
(d) She faints.

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

4. Why is Chaim's son, the Just Man, called Brother Beast?
(a) He is illiterate and cannot speak.
(b) He is illiterate, and he loves no one.
(c) He is illiterate and loves plants and animals more than people.
(d) He is illiterate, and he's cruel to people.

5. What did Yankel, the young Galician, do to his fellow villagers?
(a) He deserted them all.
(b) He buried them all.
(c) He rescued them all.
(d) He killed them all.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the Just Man designate Benjamin as his heir?

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

4. What does Benjamin think will make Jews become Germans?

5. What did Yankel, the young Galician, do when he saw the parade of fascists?

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