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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Falling in Love, 1791-1803; Recurrent Secrets, 1791-1943; A Parade, A Death, A Proposition, 1804-1969; Letter Dated 28 October 1997; A Very Rigid Search.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says "I mount the autobus for an hour to work all day doing things I hate. You want to know why? It is for you . . . One day you will do things for me that you hate. That is what it means to be a family" (2)?
(a) Alex's father.
(b) Alex's grandfather.
(c) Alex's mother.
(d) Alex.

2. What is Alex hired to do?
(a) Park cars.
(b) Translate.
(c) Carry luggage.
(d) Drive the car.

3. Who wrote the "Letter Dated 23 September 1997"?
(a) Alex.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Yankel.
(d) Jonathan.

4. Who is in the photo that Jonathan shows to Alex?
(a) Jonathan and his girlfriend.
(b) Alex's grandfather and grandmother.
(c) Grandfather and Eli.
(d) Jonathan's grandfather and Augustine.

5. In "The Very Rigid Search," what does Alex say that makes the old woman admit she knows about Trachimbrod?
(a) "Have you ever witnessed anyone in the photograph?"
(b) "Has anyone in this photograph ever witnessed you?"
(c) "Have you ever heard of a town dubbed Sofiowka?"
(d) "Leniency, I do not want to pester you."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yankel do when he gets to the river?

2. Concerning marriage, what does Yankel request of Brod?

3. What does Sammy Davis Junior, Junior do to the shirt that she was given to look official?

4. What name is chosen for the shtetl in a lottery?

5. In "The Beginning of the World Often Comes," who finds debris in the river?

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