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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the family avoid attack on the way to the synagogue?
(a) They take off their cloaks and hats.
(b) They avoid main streets and thoroughfares.
(c) They split up into small groups.
(d) They travel together to protect each other.

2. Whom does Ernie decide he will represent as a Just Man if people reject him?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Flies.
(c) Cats.
(d) Dogs.

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

4. Who are the Pimpfe?
(a) A street gang.
(b) Pioneers in Hitler Youth.
(c) The school elite.
(d) The school chorus.

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

6. Who stays behind when the Pimpfe leave Ernie?
(a) The red-haired boy.
(b) Hans Schliemann.
(c) No one.
(d) Ilse Bruckner.

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

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

9. What does Judith unwillingly consent to do for Mordecai?
(a) Become a crystal worker.
(b) Marry him.
(c) Move to Zemyock.
(d) Become a baker.

10. Why was the Rock of Woden famous?
(a) It was a place for divers.
(b) Lovers had committed suicide there.
(c) It was a remnant of a temple.
(d) It was a sacrificial altar.

11. What does Benjamin send Ernie out of the tailor shop to find?
(a) A shoehorn.
(b) A soda.
(c) A pineapple.
(d) A needle.

12. How does Chaim Levy attract the children of the village where he lives?
(a) With ancient stories.
(b) With promises of treats.
(c) With threats of disaster.
(d) With candy and nuts.

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

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

15. What is Benjamin Levy's occupation?
(a) A baker.
(b) A crystal maker.
(c) A tailor.
(d) A peddler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ilse Bruckner do for Ernie?

2. Why does Ernie join the street gang?

3. Who is Woden?

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

5. From which group of children is Ernie separated?

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