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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I: Chapter 9 - Book I: Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Ephraim and Emma visit on their way to Palestine?
(a) Boris.
(b) Emmanuel.
(c) Aniouta.
(d) Emma's parents.

2. When did Ephraim's business go bankrupt?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1941.

3. Who refuses to come to Paris, saying it is "better to be a wise man in hell than a fool in heaven" (44)?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Nachman.
(c) Vicente.
(d) Emma.

4. Where did Ephraim and Emma go after the police initally came to arrest him?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) Palestine.
(d) Latvia.

5. Why did Ephraim read "Trifles for a Massacre"?
(a) He was trying to learn more about Judaism.
(b) He heard that Myriam had already read it.
(c) He wanted to read what the French people were reading.
(d) He believed in Celine's ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Noémi dream about having?

2. Why did Ephraim and Anna Gavronsky not get married?

3. Who did Maurice give his prayer shawl to?

4. When did Lélia receive the postcard?

5. Where is Aniouta moving?

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