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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. What created a wedge between Ephraim and Emma?
(a) Ephraim wanted to move back to Palestine.
(b) Ephraim did not want Jacques to have a bar mitzvah.
(c) Ephraim could not keep a job.
(d) Ephraim wanted to visit his ex-fiance.

2. Who helped the Rabinovitch family find their first home in Paris?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Emmanuel.
(c) Boris.
(d) Esther.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What photo was on the postcard Lélia received?

2. Where is Aniouta moving?

3. Where did Aniouta move with her husband?

4. Who says, "As long as one limb stirs, one does not think of the grave" (72)?

5. What kind of business did Ephraim own in Riga?

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