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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Asher live?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Orange, New Jersey.
(d) Newark, New Jersey.

2. 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?
(a) A box of stationery.
(b) A pen.
(c) A notebook and a pencil.
(d) Oil paints.

3. Who takes care of the Lev family during Rivkeh's incapacitating depression?
(a) Aryeh.
(b) Mrs. Rackover.
(c) Asher.
(d) Yitzchok Lev's wife.

4. What job did Yudel Krinsky have in Russia?
(a) Selling paper and paints.
(b) Fixing furnaces.
(c) Making brooches.
(d) Making hatpins.

5. Where does Asher go after school when Aryeh is out of town?
(a) The harbor.
(b) The fire station.
(c) The bakery.
(d) The museum.

6. What college does Rivkeh enter?
(a) Brooklyn College.
(b) Yeshiva College.
(c) New York University.
(d) Columbia University.

7. In which academic discipline does Aryeh have a master's degree?
(a) Russian history and culture.
(b) Political science.
(c) International business.
(d) Jewish history.

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

9. What instrument does the Rebbe use to make a loud noise on Rosh Hashonoh?
(a) A shofar.
(b) A tallis.
(c) A trombone.
(d) A whistle.

10. To which artist does Yitzchok Lev compare Asher?
(a) Chagall.
(b) Picasso.
(c) Van Gogh.
(d) Kahn.

11. What is the place where Aryeh goes regularly to have a ritual bath?
(a) The mashpia.
(b) The synagogue.
(c) The mivkeh.
(d) The sitra achra.

12. Which character's unexpected death causes Rivkeh to fall into a serious depression?
(a) Asher's brother.
(b) Aryeh.
(c) Yaakov.
(d) The Rebbe.

13. Aryeh plans to open which type of school in various places throughout Europe?
(a) Ladover yeshivos.
(b) Jewish universities.
(c) Synagogues.
(d) Mishnah centers.

14. Which painting does Jacob Kahn command Asher to study first?
(a) Munch's The Scream.
(b) Chagall's Lovers in the Moonlight.
(c) Van Gogh's Starry Night.
(d) Picasso's Guernica.

15. Who is the Rebbe's chief of staff?
(a) Yitzchok Lev.
(b) Reb Joseph Cutler.
(c) Jacob Kahn.
(d) Rav Mendel Dorochoff.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Yudel Krinsky describes Siberia as the home of which being?

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

4. In order to go to Europe, Asher has to go downtown to obtain which type of document?

5. On what subject matter does the mashpia teach?

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