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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who defends Ernie against the accusations of the grocer's wife?
(a) Fraulein Blumenthal.
(b) Benjamin.
(c) Mordecai.
(d) Judith.

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

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

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

5. What does Ernie win for good performance in school?
(a) Certificates.
(b) Medals.
(c) Books.
(d) Ribbons.

6. What does Ernie do with Ilse that infuriates Hans Schliemann?
(a) He cries with her.
(b) He kisses her cheek.
(c) He puts his arm around her.
(d) He takes her hand.

7. What do the German children hate most about Ernie?
(a) His stubbornness.
(b) His gentleness.
(c) His intelligence.
(d) His courage.

8. What does Mordecai tell Ernie he will eventually begin to do as a Just Man?
(a) Redeem his people.
(b) Become wise.
(c) Work to save the world.
(d) Glow.

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

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

11. What does Ilse Bruckner promise Hans Schliemann when they leave Ernie?
(a) To tell his mother.
(b) To meet him by the school.
(c) To be his steady girlfriend.
(d) To make him pay.

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

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

14. What is the title of the march of the Pimpfe?
(a) "Forward for the Fatherland."
(b) "Unity in Victory."
(c) "Strike, Pierce, and Kill."
(d) "All Who God Made German Sing."

15. What does Herr Geek force the Jewish children to do?
(a) Pledge allegiance.
(b) Salute Hitler.
(c) Sing.
(d) Kneel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Benjamin decide not to tell his wife that he is a Just Man?

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

3. Why do the German children regret attacking Ernie?

4. From which group of children is Ernie separated?

5. Who delivers Ernie to his family?

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