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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the legend say would happen to the world if one of the Just Men were lacking?
(a) All humanity would be forced to improve.
(b) All humanity would bear its own grief.
(c) Thirty-six new Just Men would have to be found.
(d) All humanity would die.

2. What does the ancient text say is the role of Israel in the world?
(a) To take upon itself the sufferings of mankind.
(b) To create the sufferings of mankind.
(c) To atone for the wrongs of mankind.
(d) To fight for justice.

3. Why does Ernie remain calm through the Pimpfe's cruel treatment of him?
(a) The events do not seem real to him.
(b) He accepts it as his lot in life.
(c) He wants to impress Ilse.
(d) He believes it is a Just Man's duty to endure pain.

4. What had a professor from Berlin found under the moss of the rock?
(a) A jewel.
(b) A swastika.
(c) An autograph of an ancient saint.
(d) A pictograph of horses.

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

6. What finally causes Benjamin to drop his suspicion of the villagers?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Kind words.
(c) Cheap rent.
(d) Soup.

7. From which group of children is Ernie separated?
(a) Jews.
(b) Neither.
(c) Aryans.
(d) Aryans and Jews.

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

9. 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) Walk many miles to work.
(d) Fight.

10. How does the grocer's daughter react when Ernie explains why he has come to the grocery store?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She becomes his friend.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She screams.

11. How does Benjamin believe his success in business has helped his fellow Jews?
(a) He has referred his clients to other Jewish businesses.
(b) He has taught principles of Judaism while fitting clothes.
(c) His popularity has lowered anti-semitism in general.
(d) He has given an example of good business practice.

12. Why does Mordecai Levy advise the village girl he meets to be kind to him?
(a) He might be the love of her life.
(b) He might be a spy from her father.
(c) He might be a messenger from the devil.
(d) He might be a messenger from God.

13. How did Rabbi Yom Tov Levy get his people out of the besieged watchtower of York?
(a) He offered to take their place at the stake.
(b) He killed them.
(c) He disguised them.
(d) He dug a tunnel.

14. Why is the village upset when Chaim Levy has more than one son?
(a) It proves that Chaim Levy is not a Just Man.
(b) They will not know which was the Just Man.
(c) They cannot care for more than one Just Man.
(d) It shows that their village does not deserve a Just Man.

15. What keeps Ernie from success in committing suicide?
(a) Fear of death.
(b) The sense that he is already nothing.
(c) Love of his family.
(d) The absence of pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Judith rejoice when she becomes pregnant for the fourth time?

2. Who is Woden?

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

4. What does Ernie decide to do in response to his public disgrace?

5. What does Benjamin attempt to give the villagers but finds he cannot?

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