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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 Ephraim and Anna Gavronsky not get married?
(a) Ephraim fell in love with Emma instead.
(b) Anna fell in love with somebody else.
(c) The family did not approve of the marriage.
(d) Anna moved to New York.

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

3. Who did Emma become worried about because he or she stopped growing?
(a) Noémi.
(b) Jacques.
(c) Ephraim.
(d) Myriam.

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

5. Who has Aniouta been living with?
(a) Her husband and son.
(b) Her mother and father.
(c) Her daughters.
(d) Her sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Myriam dream about having?

2. What was written on the postcard Lélia received?

3. When Ephraim waited for French citizenship, what name did he come up with for himself?

4. Why did the police in Moscow want to arrest Ephraim?

5. Where is Aniouta moving?

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