1. At the beginning of Chapter 7, the mashpia informs Asher that which person wants to meet with him?
(a) Yudel Krinsky.
(b) Jacob Kahn.
(c) The Rebbe.
(d) Aryeh.

2. What type of work did Aryeh's father perform for the Rebbe's father?
(a) Teaching.
(b) Painting.
(c) Writing.
(d) Traveling.

3. Yudel Krinsky shows Asher how to use a fixative to keep what artistic medium from rubbing off the paper?
(a) Charcoal.
(b) Gouache.
(c) Pencil.
(d) Oil paint.

4. What objects does the mashpia provide in order to see Asher's gift?
(a) A notebook and a pencil.
(b) A piece of paper and a pen.
(c) A chalkboard and some chalk.
(d) A piece of canvas board and some paints.

5. In Chapter 8 while Jacob Kahn is beginning to teach Asher to be an artist, he draws a pen-and-ink drawing of what subject?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) His home neighborhood.
(c) Asher.
(d) A still life.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, when Asher begins to go to Yudel Krinsky's store for conversation, he feels that he has to buy something every time. What does he buy first?

2. Who is the Rebbe's chief of staff?

3. Where did Jacob Kahn first meet Anna Schaeffer?

4. Asher requests to live with which character while Aryeh and Rivkeh are in Europe?

5. The Ukrainian Jewish Communists published a newspaper called what?

(see the answer key)

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