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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jacob do to avoid being recognized as a Jew on the way to the synagogue?
(a) He takes off his cap.
(b) He takes off his cloak.
(c) He wears casual clothes.
(d) He stops talking.

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

3. What does Benjamin attempt to give the villagers but finds he cannot?
(a) Free mending.
(b) Gratitude.
(c) A joke.
(d) Recipes.

4. When assigned the part of a Jew, what does Ernie refuse to do?
(a) Rob a store.
(b) Pick pockets.
(c) Throw stones at Ilse.
(d) Order the crucifixion of Christ.

5. What did Judith call Benjamin's affliction when they arrived at Stillenstadt?
(a) A change of blood.
(b) A sign from God.
(c) A cleansing force.
(d) A contagion from the Germans.

6. Who is Woden?
(a) The Germanic god of water.
(b) The Germanic god of fertility.
(c) The Germanic god of war.
(d) The Germanic god of love.

7. What does a Just Man do with the pain of others, according to Mordecai?
(a) Hears it with his ears.
(b) Takes it into his heart.
(c) Sees it with his eyes.
(d) Softens it with his kindness.

8. What is Ilse Bruckner first in at Ernie's school?
(a) German.
(b) Music.
(c) Science.
(d) Mathematics.

9. What does the village girl point out to Mordecai Levy?
(a) The city wall.
(b) The gate to leave the city.
(c) The synagogue.
(d) The well.

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

11. What question does Judith raise that Mordecai cannot answer?
(a) What sin have they committed?
(b) What do Just Men do for the world?
(c) Why does God require the existence of Just Men?
(d) Why do Just Men die in their beds?

12. Why does Ernie decide that he cannot be a Just Man as he cleans his wounds after the bullying?
(a) He feels forgiving.
(b) He feels anger.
(c) He feels no pain.
(d) He feels hatred.

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

14. What is each generation's joking response to "Let us speak of something gay"?
(a) What's new about the war?
(b) What's new with the Jews?
(c) How is the Inquisition going?
(d) What do you hear about the plague?

15. What does Herr Kremer believe about children?
(a) They are superior to adults.
(b) They are blank pages to be written upon.
(c) They are prone to evil.
(d) They are clay to be molded.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mordecai, why does a Just Man never have to run after suffering?

2. How does Benjamin believe his success in business has helped his fellow Jews?

3. What do the German children hate most about Ernie?

4. When Benjamin's hand bleeds, what do his fellow workers think about their cruelty?

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

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