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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Yakov's replacement guard?
(a) Berezhinksy.
(b) Davidenko.
(c) Malachi.
(d) Kogin.

2. After his cell is searched in Chapter 7, Part 2, Yakov becomes despondent. What does Yakov find pleasure in thinking about?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Raisl.
(c) Death.
(d) Spring.

3. When Yakov meets with his attorney, his attorney tells Yakov that someone has died. Who?
(a) Zina.
(b) Nikolai.
(c) Shmuel.
(d) Raisl.

4. What name does Yakov mention that causes the prosecutor to angrily leave Yakov's cell?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Ostrovsky.
(c) Bibikov.
(d) Nikolai.

5. Who ends up being able to visit Yakov in prison because he or she sold beets to the right person?
(a) Shmuel.
(b) Zina.
(c) Raisl.
(d) Nikolai.

6. When a newspaper writer reports all the factual details of the case, what does the government do?
(a) Shot the reporter.
(b) Imprisoned the reporter.
(c) Shut down the newspaper.
(d) Burned the newspaper.

7. When the warden brings Yakov a new indictment, what is Yakov being charged as?
(a) An embezzler.
(b) A ritual murderer.
(c) A Hasidic Jew.
(d) A child molester.

8. What does the person speaking to Yakov through his cell door offer to Yakov?
(a) Candy.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Meat.
(d) News.

9. What does Yakov invite the prosecutor to do during their meeting?
(a) Set Yakov free.
(b) Try his best.
(c) Leave Yakov's cell.
(d) Shoot Yakov.

10. As Yakov envisions talking with the Tsar, what does Yakov imagine himself doing?
(a) Arresting the Tsar.
(b) Shooting the Tsar.
(c) Beating the Tsar.
(d) Berating the Tsar.

11. Whose arrest and interrogation is included as a long section in the indictment?
(a) Zhitnyak's.
(b) Bibikov's.
(c) Marfa's.
(d) Gronfein's.

12. Who comes to Yakov's cell to announce the trial?
(a) Yakov's attorney.
(b) The deputy warden.
(c) The warden.
(d) The prosecutor.

13. By the time a man enters Yakov's cell and offers him a pardon, how long has Yakov been imprisoned?
(a) Three years.
(b) Thirty months.
(c) Eighteen months.
(d) Two years.

14. When is the next time the prosecutor comes to visit Yakov?
(a) In the middle of the day.
(b) In the middle of the night.
(c) In the middle of dinner.
(d) In the middle of winter.

15. Yakov begins thinking many evil thoughts after he stops keeping track of the days. Who does Yakov think evil thoughts about?
(a) The warden.
(b) The Tsar.
(c) The deputy warden.
(d) The prosecutor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sitting in his cell, someone begins talking to Yakov through his cell door. Who begins to talk to Yakov?

2. After Yakov's visitor runs screaming from his cell, what is confiscated from Yakov?

3. When the deputy warden tries to punish Yakov for throwing the item at him, who sticks up for Yakov?

4. While the visitor and Yakov are together, what story do the two men argue about?

5. Before departing for his trial, what does Yakov throw at the deputy warden?

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