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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is nicknamed the "Clumsy One?"
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Little Igor.
(c) Alexander.
(d) Jonathen.
2. What does Sammy Davis Junior, Junior do to the shirt that she was given to look official?
(a) She ripped it.
(b) She eats part of it.
(c) Nothing.
(d) She has thrown it away.
3. What is the purpose of The Lottery?
(a) It is a game to win a trip to America.
(b) It is a game to win enough money for two years wages.
(c) It is a method of deciding who needs to die as an offering.
(d) It is a method of deciding who will adopt a baby.
4. What color are Brod's eyes?
(a) Blue.
(b) Brown.
(c) One blue and one green.
(d) One blue and one brown.
5. What "terrible thing" does Yankel feel father's have the right to do?
(a) Read their daughter's diary.
(b) Give them away at their wedding.
(c) Hit them.
(d) Feel lonely.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Yankel do when he gets to the river?
2. Which statement would most accurately describe Brod?
3. 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)?
4. How does Brod dress for the parade?
5. What name is chosen for the shtetl in a lottery?
Short Essay Questions
1. What clues tell the reader that Brod is having a vision of the future in "Recurrent Secrets, 1791-1943"?
2. "An Overture to Encountering the Hero" is meant to be humorous. What elements make it funny? Why?
3. Why does Brod think she is the float queen in the Trachimday parade? What is the real reason?
4. Foer writes that Brod could "never be happy and honest at the same time" (79). What does this mean? Give examples from the text.
5. Describe the origin of Trachimday.
6. Why does Alex claim it would it be "cinchier" for Jonathan to follow his dream?
7. What ailment does Grandfather claim to have and why? How do you know he is lying?
8. Describe Brod and her relationship with the townspeople.
9. Is Sofiowka a reliable character? How do you know? Give details from the story.
10. Yankel lies to Brod. What does he lie about? Why does he lie? What do you think about his lies?
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