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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 32-39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the story Sisovsky's father wrote about a Jewish boy who speaks textbook German, flavorless Czech and simple Yiddish?
(a) "Many Tongues."
(b) "Mother Tongue."
(c) "A Simpler Tongue."
(d) "Tongue Twister."

2. This story of Eva leaving her husband foreshadows the narrator's self-discovery of what in the narrative?
(a) His purpose in life.
(b) His Jewish roots.
(c) His true religion.
(d) Buried treasure.

3. Who meets Zuckerman to show him around at Klenek's?
(a) Lausman.
(b) Necas.
(c) Klaus.
(d) Bolotka.

4. Why does Sisovsky say he wrote to Zuckerman?
(a) He read about him.
(b) They went to school together.
(c) He is related to him.
(d) He idolizes him.

5. What do Zuckerman and Bolotka pass on the way to Klenek's?
(a) A burning house.
(b) A church.
(c) A bridge.
(d) A Jewish cemetery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did a Gestapo officer favor Sisovsky's father?

2. What does Sisovsky tell Zuckerman pursues Eva in their first meeting?

3. In what language did Sisovsky's father write?

4. Whose writing does Sisovsky describe studying in his first meeting with Zuckerman?

5. What is Eva's profession in America?

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