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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What occupation does Mordecai Levy take up after harvesting potatoes?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Cook.
(c) Cobbler.
(d) Peddler.

3. How does the Just Man designate Benjamin as his heir?
(a) The Just Man kisses his hand.
(b) The Just Man anoints his head.
(c) The Just Man kneels before him.
(d) The Just Man prays for him.

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

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

6. What does Benjamin think will make Jews become Germans?
(a) Torture.
(b) Fear.
(c) Duplicity.
(d) Admiration.

7. What did the Jewish elders find worst about World War I?
(a) Jews might be barred from Israel.
(b) Jews might be killed by Christians.
(c) Jews might be exempt from fighting.
(d) Jews might kill each other.

8. Why does Benjamin decide not to tell his wife that he is a Just Man?
(a) He no longer believes in that legend.
(b) He knows it would cause her needless worry.
(c) He is sure she wouldn't marry him.
(d) He is afraid that she would leave him.

9. According to Mordecai, why does a Just Man never have to run after suffering?
(a) It comes to him without being called.
(b) It will run away faster than he can chase it.
(c) It is not assigned to Just Men.
(d) It will elude him.

10. Why does Mordecai say their hearts are not entirely Jewish?
(a) They are not afraid.
(b) They feel at home.
(c) They are literate.
(d) They feel happy.

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

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

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

14. What does Ernie decide to do in response to his public disgrace?
(a) Stay in his room.
(b) Run away.
(c) Hide.
(d) Apologize.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Benjamin Levy's occupation?

2. How does the grocer's daughter react when Ernie explains why he has come to the grocery store?

3. What does Herr Kremer believe about children?

4. Why does Ernie decide that he cannot be a Just Man as he cleans his wounds after the bullying?

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

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