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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. Why did the police in Moscow want to arrest Ephraim?
(a) He was Jewish.
(b) He was a member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party.
(c) He stopped practicing his religion.
(d) He commited theft against the government.

2. Who does Emma teach?
(a) Young girls in her neighborhood.
(b) College students.
(c) Mothers and grandmothers.
(d) Children at the elementary school.

3. How did Lélia's mail end up on the ground?
(a) She did not have a mailbox.
(b) Her postal worker didn not like her.
(c) Her mailbox was broken.
(d) She always threw her mail on the ground out of anger.

4. What job did Myriam dream about having?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Revolutionary.
(c) English teacher.
(d) Philosophy professor.

5. Who says, "As long as one limb stirs, one does not think of the grave" (72)?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Emma.
(c) Nachman.
(d) Ephraim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lélia doing when she found the postcard?

2. Who did Emma become worried about because he or she stopped growing?

3. When was Myriam born?

4. What was written on the postcard Lélia received?

5. Who helped the Rabinovitch family find their first home in Paris?

(see the answer key)

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