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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What mysterious affliction hit Benjamin when Judith and Mordecai came to Stillenstadt?
(a) A fever.
(b) A mental confusion.
(c) A silence.
(d) A headache.

2. What does Herr Geek believe is his job at Ernie's school?
(a) The purification of the class.
(b) The reorganization of the class.
(c) The improvement of the class.
(d) The instruction of the class.

3. What did Yankel, the young Galician, do when he saw the parade of fascists?
(a) He fainted from fear.
(b) He ran away from them and hid.
(c) He ran to join them.
(d) He threw stones at them.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mordecai believe is the significance of being Jewish?

2. What is Ilse Bruckner first in at Ernie's school?

3. What did Judith call Benjamin's affliction when they arrived at Stillenstadt?

4. What did Yankel, the young Galician, do to his fellow villagers?

5. How does little Ernie save Frau Tuszynski from being tormented by the Nazis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Benjamin imagine will happen to the Jews as they become acquainted with Germans?

2. Why does Ilse Bruckner have to end her relationship with her friend Ernie?

3. How does Mordecai answer the question of why the Just Man dies in bed, rather than in martyrdom?

4. What causes Ernie to feel hatred for the first time?

5. What is the role of the Lamed-Vov, the Just Men?

6. How does Judith recognize Mordecai as a Just Man?

7. What "mysterious" change takes place in Benjamin after Mordecai and Judith join him in Stillenstadt?

8. What drama takes place between Judith and Fraulein Blumenthal as children are born?

9. When Hitler becomes Chancellor of the Reich, what decision of her own does Judith regret?

10. Why does Herr Geek see the Jews as a threat to Germany?

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