1. What is the dessert Asher wants the housekeeper to make?
(a) Peanut butter cookies.
(b) Ice cream sundaes.
(c) Brownies.
(d) Chocolate pudding.

2. What type of hat does Yudel Krinsky wear?
(a) A toboggan.
(b) A fez.
(c) A yarmulke.
(d) A kaskett.

3. In Chapter 2, Aryeh is greatly disturbed at the brutal deaths of which group of people?
(a) German Jewish jewelers.
(b) Russian Jewish factory workers.
(c) Russian Jewish writers.
(d) Eastern European yeshiva teachers.

4. In Chapter 2, Rivkeh tells Asher about the ancient, tragic event of the burning of what city's library?
(a) Constantinople.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Rome.
(d) Cairo.

5. What is the phrase used to describe the origin of things that are not holy or good?
(a) Shabbos.
(b) Krias shema.
(c) Ribbono shel olom.
(d) Sitra achra.

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. Which person's picture is on the wall in every classroom at Asher's school?

3. Yudel Krinsky spent many years in which geographical region?

4. Who does not come to the Lev home on Sundays, leaving Rivkeh and Asher to fix lunch for themselves?

5. Yudel Krinsky begins to work in a store that sells what type of merchandise?

(see the answer key)

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