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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Falling in Love, 1934-1941; Letter Dated 24 December 1997; An Overture to Illumination; Falling in Love, 1934-1941; Letter Dated 26 January 1998.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Alex and Jonathan do together while waiting for Grandfather and the old woman to finish talking?
(a) They decide to write a novel together.
(b) They skin the corn and talk.
(c) They peel potatoes.
(d) They read.

2. Who said "We must go backward in order to go forward" (37)?
(a) Yankel.
(b) Didl.
(c) Jonathan.
(d) The Rabbi.

3. What does Grandfather pull out of the "In Case" box the first time?
(a) A map.
(b) Pearls.
(c) A candle.
(d) A book.

4. Why doesn't Brod want her husband to go to work?
(a) She likes having him at home.
(b) The flour mill is cursed.
(c) His work is too strenuous.
(d) She cannot stand being alone.

5. The original Sammy Davis Junior was what?
(a) A pilot.
(b) A Jew.
(c) A bad singer.
(d) A Christian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says"I must say that the dream that we are our fathers made me melancholy" (54)?

2. What synagogue does Yankel belong to?

3. According to the old woman, what does Trachimbrod look like now?

4. Who wrote the "Letter Dated 23 September 1997"?

5. In "An Overture to Illumination," Jonathan, Alex, and Grandfather are returning from Trachimbrod. Why does Grandfather get mad at their waitress?

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