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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Alex referring to when he says, "it is as if after surviving so much, there was no longer a reason to survive" (143)?
(a) Jonathan's grandfather.
(b) Jonathan's grandmother.
(c) Alex's Grandfather.
(d) Brod.

2. How does Alex feel about the idea of cutting out the discussion of Jonathan's grandmother from the story?
(a) He refuses.
(b) He agrees whole heartedly.
(c) He rewrites the section.
(d) He reluctantly agrees.

3. In "Falling in Love," who does Alex think he has found?
(a) Jonathan's grandmother.
(b) Lista.
(c) Zosha.
(d) Augustine.

4. The old woman tells that when the Nazis came all the men were lined up and told to do what or their family would die?
(a) Give them their valuables.
(b) Choose who would get shot.
(c) Spit on the Torah.
(d) Identify a Jewish person.

5. Who is the bridegroom that the men are waiting for in "The Dial, 1941-1804-1941"?
(a) Sasha.
(b) Kolker.
(c) Safran.
(d) Alex.

6. Why are the Gypsy girl and Safran unable to be together?
(a) Because of his arm.
(b) Because she is poor and he is rich.
(c) Because she is smart and he is not.
(d) Because she is a Gypsy and he is a Jew.

7. What does Alex's father do that makes Alex mad?
(a) He jokes with Alex about sex.
(b) He hits Grandfather.
(c) He jokes with Alex about Jewish people.
(d) He hits Alex.

8. What does Safran get paid to do by the Sloucher congregation?
(a) Remodel the Double House.
(b) Read to the illiterate.
(c) Go to the movies.
(d) Visit widows.

9. In "Letter Dated 12 December 1997," what does Alex say is the reason he does not remove his father from his life?
(a) Cowardice.
(b) Love.
(c) Weakness.
(d) His father has changed.

10. According to the old woman, what does Trachimbrod look like now?
(a) It looks like any other field.
(b) It is crumbling.
(c) It is empty.
(d) It has been rebuilt and doesn't look at all like it did before.

11. How many times do Joseph and Sarah L. get married?
(a) 12.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 120.

12. Who did Grandfather "murder?"
(a) Anna.
(b) Herschel.
(c) Father.
(d) Safran.

13. Concerning Jonathan's novel, what does Alex ask Jonathan to do?
(a) He asks Jonathan to write about his Grandfather's past.
(b) He asks Jonathan to not write about his Grandfather's past.
(c) He asks Jonathan to have Grandfather and Augustine converse.
(d) He asks Jonathan to delete Augustine from the story.

14. Who does Alex think was "born to be a writer"?
(a) Alex.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) Safran.
(d) Little Igor.

15. When Grandfather asks Alex for his life-savings, what does Alex ask for in exchange?
(a) Sammy Davis Junior, Junior.
(b) To go with Grandfather.
(c) The car.
(d) Forgiveness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Brod want her husband to go to work?

2. When Alex reads Jonathan's journal, what story does he find?

3. What does Grandfather say to the woman they meet in "Falling in Love" that is out of character?

4. Who does Safran meet up with at the wedding reception?

5. Where is the wedding reception held?

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