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

2. How does Benjamin believe his success in business has helped his fellow Jews?
(a) He has taught principles of Judaism while fitting clothes.
(b) His popularity has lowered anti-semitism in general.
(c) He has referred his clients to other Jewish businesses.
(d) He has given an example of good business practice.

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

4. Why do the German children regret attacking Ernie?
(a) They think they will be punished.
(b) They think he is vengeful.
(c) They think they have killed him.
(d) They think they were wrong.

5. How does little Ernie save Frau Tuszynski from being tormented by the Nazis?
(a) When he steps forward to protect her, they are ashamed.
(b) When he steps forward to protect her, they attack him instead.
(c) When he steps forward to protect her, they are distracted.
(d) When he steps forward to protect her, they laugh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advertisement made Benjamin's tailoring shop a success?

2. What does Herr Geek believe is his job at Ernie's school?

3. What does Jacob do to avoid being recognized as a Jew on the way to the synagogue?

4. Who stays behind when the Pimpfe leave Ernie?

5. How does Ernie prepare himself for the pain of a Just Man's life?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Benjamin successfully market himself as a tailor?

3. What does Ernie's act of stepping forward to protest the treatment of Frau Tuszynski cause Mordecai to do?

4. What does Ernie think when he feels no pain from the bumps and gashes he has suffered?

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

6. What rationale does Rabbi Yom Tov Levy offer for the mass murder and suicide he instigates?

7. What does Ernie think as he is surrounded by the Pimpfe bullies?

8. Why did others regard Mordecai as a fallen Levy?

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

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

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