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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what language does the mashpia communicate with his students?
(a) Aramaic.
(b) English.
(c) Yiddish.
(d) Hebrew.

2. What is Jacob Kahn's wife's name?
(a) Natasha.
(b) Zlata.
(c) Tanya.
(d) Anastasia.

3. Where does Asher's aunt Leah live?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Boston.
(d) Orange, New Jersey.

4. In her long weeks of studying and of waiting for Aryeh to return, Rivkeh picks up the habit of gnawing on what object?
(a) One of Asher's paintbrushes.
(b) A gingersnap.
(c) A pencil.
(d) An eraser.

5. In which university does Rivkeh teach Russian affairs?
(a) Bronx University.
(b) Brooklyn College.
(c) New York University.
(d) Columbia University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the prayer Asher recites before going to bed?

2. Jacob Kahn takes Asher to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to look at various paintings of which subject?

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

4. In Chapter 6, Asher remembers a conversation between himself as a toddler and Aryeh regarding which publication?

5. Jacob Kahn compares his sculpting of Asher to which famous piece of art?

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