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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is the town divided?
(a) It is divided into the Jewish Quarter and the Human Three-Quarters.
(b) It is divided into the Jewish Half and the Christian Half.
(c) It is divided into the Rich District and the Ghetto.
(d) It is divided into the Russian Quarter, the Polish Quarter, and the Jewish Half.

3. How many sadness's does Brod discover?
(a) 613.
(b) 21.
(c) 144.
(d) 7.

4. Who does Jonathan want to cut from the story?
(a) Augustine.
(b) Grandfather.
(c) Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior.
(d) Alex.

5. Who claims that it was Trachim who drove into the river?
(a) Yankel.
(b) Shalom.
(c) Sofiowka.
(d) Hannah.

6. Where does Alex keep the money that he saves?
(a) In his wallet.
(b) In the bank.
(c) Under his mattress.
(d) In the cookie box in the kitchen.

7. What is Jonathan afraid of?
(a) The truth.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Hurting his grandfather.
(d) Not finding Augustine.

8. In the "Letter Dated 28 October 1997," what does Alex say that he catches his grandfather doing?
(a) Crying.
(b) Reading a letter.
(c) Kissing a woman.
(d) Sleeping.

9. Which statement would most accurately describe Brod?
(a) Brod is beautiful and lonely.
(b) Brod is blind and grumpy.
(c) Brod is blissfully happy.
(d) Brod is crippled, but beautiful.

10. Who is nicknamed the "Clumsy One?"
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Alexander.
(c) Jonathen.
(d) Little Igor.

11. Where does Yankel write his life history?
(a) He writes it in the Book of Recurrent Dreams.
(b) He writes it in the Book of Antecedents.
(c) He writes it in his diary.
(d) He writes it on his bedroom ceiling.

12. What does Sammy Davis Junior, Junior do to the shirt that she was given to look official?
(a) She has thrown it away.
(b) She ripped it.
(c) She eats part of it.
(d) Nothing.

13. According to Alex, what is Grandfather like after the trip to Lutsk?
(a) Younger.
(b) Older.
(c) Defeated.
(d) Reenergized.

14. What would Alex name a town if given the chance?
(a) Augustine or Odessa.
(b) Alex or Little Igor.
(c) Safran or Foer.
(d) Kolki or Odessa.

15. Why does the Tolerable Rabbi call the winner "Kolker"?
(a) Because he is from Kolki.
(b) Because he is a cook.
(c) Because of his profession.
(d) Because he is from Kolkensberg.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Yankel do with the note that his wife left him?

3. What evidence does Yankel, Brod's "father," give that Brod's "mother" loved him?

4. How long does it take the baby to choose a name?

5. Brod sees a picture in her telescope. What is written on the back?

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