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

2. What does Ernie decide that he is after the bullying by the Plimpfe?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A savior to his family.
(c) A Just Man.
(d) The Just Man of the Flies.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ilse Bruckner do for Ernie?

2. Why is Chaim's son, the Just Man, called Brother Beast?

3. Why does Mordecai say their hearts are not entirely Jewish?

4. Why does Mordecai Levy advise the village girl he meets to be kind to him?

5. What does Herr Geek force the Jewish children to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the child Ernie come to feel that he is in charge of those around him?

3. Why doesn't Ernie sing with his class when Herr Geek orders him to do so?

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

5. Why does Judith object to Mordecai telling stories to Ernie?

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

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

8. Why does Judith blame herself for the death of three of her sons?

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

10. What solution does Moritz think would relieve the Jews of the danger involved in going to the synagogue.

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