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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When spring arrives, who comes to the prison to comfort Yakov?
(a) Shmuel.
(b) A rabbi.
(c) A priest.
(d) Raisl.

2. What does the person speaking to Yakov through his cell door share with Yakov about the speaker's son?
(a) He has become a father.
(b) He has been tried.
(c) He has been arrested.
(d) He has been married.

3. As Yakov envisions talking with the Tsar, what does Yakov accuse the Tsar of?
(a) Evil plots.
(b) Inciting riots.
(c) Faking evidence.
(d) Hate crimes.

4. What happens when Yakov's carriage arrives outside of the courthouse?
(a) The crowd riots.
(b) A sniper kills Yakov.
(c) A bomb explodes.
(d) The crowd cheers for Yakov.

5. One day, Yakov receives something from Marfa. What is it?
(a) Account information.
(b) A statement.
(c) A signed confession.
(d) A letter.

6. As Yakov envisions talking with the Tsar, what is one topic the two men do NOT discuss?
(a) Politics.
(b) Fatherhood.
(c) The power of gossip.
(d) Suffering.

7. Whose death does Yakov tell his new attorney about?
(a) Bibikov's death.
(b) Zhenia's death.
(c) Zhitnyak's death.
(d) Shmuel's death.

8. After Yakov's visitor runs screaming from his cell, what is confiscated from Yakov?
(a) His prayer shawl.
(b) His Torah.
(c) The phylacteries.
(d) His New Testament.

9. As Chapter 8, Part 4 gets underway, who is coming to visit Yakov in prison?
(a) Nikolai.
(b) Raisl.
(c) The Tsar.
(d) Zina.

10. Before departing for his trial, what does Yakov throw at the deputy warden?
(a) His spoon.
(b) His prayer shawl.
(c) His Old Testament pages.
(d) His undershirt.

11. What is the name of the new attorney that will represent Yakov during the trial?
(a) Suslov-Smirnov.
(b) Suslov-Yakov.
(c) Suslov-Trosky.
(d) Suslov-Orlosky.

12. After the warden learns of Yakov's prison visit, Yakov spends his days shackled to _____________.
(a) The stove.
(b) His bed.
(c) The sink.
(d) The wall.

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

14. After Yakov's visitor tells him what is required in order for Yakov do be released from prison, how does Yakov respond?
(a) He questions the visitor's motives.
(b) He threatens the visitor.
(c) He insists the visitor leave his cell.
(d) He puts on the prayer shawl.

15. Through what she sends to Yakov in prison, what does Marfa urge Yakov to do?
(a) Escape.
(b) Pray.
(c) Repent.
(d) Confess.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yakov's visitor hands papers to Yakov during their visit. Who sends the papers with Yakov's visitor?

2. According to the indictment, how many wounds are on Zhenia?

3. How does Yakov's new guard periodically amuse himself?

4. When Yakov and his visitor in Chapter 8, Part 4 first see each other, what do they do?

5. Who finally confirms that Yakov is the "nameless Jew" arrested in Kiev to the people in the shtetl?

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