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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the guard who is comforted by Yakov's scripture readings?
(a) Mordaci.
(b) Kogin.
(c) Zhitnyak.
(d) Hasidim.

2. What is the name of the woman Yakov married?
(a) Raisl.
(b) Danielle.
(c) Emma.
(d) Zina.

3. After the winter finally ends, Yakov is desperate to relieve his boredom. What does Yakov do?
(a) Writes letters to his ex-wife.
(b) Engages the guards in philosophical discussions.
(c) Opens one of the phylacteries.
(d) Makes pencils from the stove ashes.

4. What does the fat man who shares his packages from the outside with the other prisoners offer to do for Yakov once the fat man is released from the prison?
(a) Smuggle in drugs.
(b) Send for help.
(c) Pay for an attorney.
(d) Mail a letter.

5. What is omitted from the indictment that surprises Yakov?
(a) The statement from Marfa.
(b) The magical wounds information.
(c) The ritual murder information.
(d) The interrogation report.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who advises Yakov to stay in the village and not venture on to Kiev?

2. What is the name of the prisoner sent to talk to Yakov?

3. What does the guard who is comforted by Yakov's scripture readings refuse to give to Yakov?

4. Whose arrest and interrogation is included as a long section in the indictment?

5. After the warden delivers the indictment to Yakov, Yakov reads for a while, then has to put the papers down. When he picks them up again, what does Yakov briefly consider asking Kogin for?

(see the answer key)

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