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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, Asher remembers a conversation between himself as a toddler and Aryeh regarding which publication?
(a) The Washington Post.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) Newsweek.
(d) The Enquirer.

2. After looking at what was left on his chair in the Rebbe's waiting room, Asher draws a picture and dates it using which calendar style?
(a) Jewish.
(b) European.
(c) English.
(d) Russian.

3. Yudel Krinsky begins to work in a store that sells what type of merchandise?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Stationery.
(c) Kosher baked goods.
(d) Clothing.

4. What is the prayer Asher recites before going to bed?
(a) Krias Shema.
(b) Baruch Attah.
(c) Psalm 23.
(d) Our Father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What maintained observant Judaism in Russia during the years before World War II?

2. On what subject matter does the mashpia teach?

3. Who takes care of the Lev family during Rivkeh's incapacitating depression?

4. Which of the following publications does Aryeh NOT read?

5. The Rebbe gives Asher permission to follow which vocation?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 3, Asher draws a picture of Stalin in his notebook without realizing it. What do you think is happening in Asher's mind when he draws things without being aware of it?

2. What does the mashpia do at Asher's school?

3. When talking with Asher about Vienna, what does Yudel Krinsky imply when he quotes, "honor your father and mother"?

4. Why does Asher miss his father so much on the first Shabbos without him?

5. Where does the Lev family spend their summers? What do they do there?

6. When Asher first meets Jacob Kahn, what advice does Jacob give him concerning becoming an artist?

7. How does Rivkeh react to the drawings Asher creates as a toddler?

8. During Asher's struggles against going to Vienna, he asks why no one is listening to him. Rivkeh replies, "Everyone is listening. [...] There would be no problem if no one were listening to you, Asher." Explain what Rivkeh means by this statement.

9. Compare Aryeh's reaction to Stalin's death with Yudel Krinsky's reaction.

10. The mashpia talks with Asher about his behavior in school, such as his drawing the Rebbe in the Chumash. Then, he leaves Asher in the office with a notebook. What happens next?

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