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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. Why does Ernie remain calm through the Pimpfe's cruel treatment of him?
(a) He believes it is a Just Man's duty to endure pain.
(b) The events do not seem real to him.
(c) He accepts it as his lot in life.
(d) He wants to impress Ilse.

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

3. How does Benjamin defend the apostate who returns to Judaism?
(a) He will suffer as God wills.
(b) He is voluntarily suffering; let us not add to his burden.
(c) He has suffered enough during his time as a Christian.
(d) He has chosen correctly; let us celebrate with him.

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

5. What does Ilse Bruckner promise Hans Schliemann when they leave Ernie?
(a) To be his steady girlfriend.
(b) To meet him by the school.
(c) To make him pay.
(d) To tell his mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ernie do with Ilse that infuriates Hans Schliemann?

3. What does Ilse Bruckner do for Ernie?

4. Who stays behind when the Pimpfe leave Ernie?

5. According to Mordecai, why does a Just Man never have to run after suffering?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Herr Kremer mean when he says the child is descended from the man?

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

5. What does Ernie have in common with the German boy he meets when he runs away from home?

6. What qualities of character does Brother Beast possess?

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

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

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

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

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