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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the Cossack in The Wedding That Came Without Its Band from?
(a) Tulchin.
(b) Zhmerinka.
(c) Schtevka.
(d) Kaminka.

2. Where is the Russian priest from in The Miracle of Hoshana Rabbah?
(a) Heysen.
(b) Golovonyevsk.
(c) Sobolivke.
(d) Mazapevke.

3. Which is NOT one of the names that the priest mistakes for Berko's name for in The Miracle of Hoshanah Rabbah?
(a) Moshko.
(b) Dezko.
(c) Itzko.
(d) Liebko.

4. Why does the 60-year-old man claim to hate reading the newspaper?
(a) Because reading on the train gives him motion sickness.
(b) Because it is not his hometown newspaper.
(c) Because the newspaper depresses him.
(d) Because he is not a good reader.

5. Why does the thief claim to have no luck?
(a) He cannot support his family.
(b) He always gets caught.
(c) He can never find things to steal.
(d) He can never sell his stolen goods.

6. Before her adoption, how is the girl Rayzl related to her adopted father?
(a) She was his niece through marriage.
(b) She was his cousin.
(c) She was not related to him.
(d) She was his second cousin.

7. Which is NOT one of the towns connected by the Slowpoke Express?
(a) Teplik.
(b) Bohopoli.
(c) Heysen.
(d) Polikeva.

8. What was the name of Rayzl's birth mother?
(a) Esther.
(b) Perl.
(c) Grace.
(d) Ruth.

9. What type of coat does the narrator wear in High School?
(a) He wears no coat, only a heavy sweater.
(b) Skunk-fur.
(c) Mink.
(d) Lambskin.

10. How does the Diamond dealer regard his ability to sell diamond?
(a) He thinks he is in the "middle of the pack," as dealers go.
(b) He sees himself as an artist.
(c) He sees himself as a complete failure.
(d) He thinks he is efficient, but not particularly successful.

11. What was the name of Itsik's deceased brother.
(a) Eisik.
(b) Isaac.
(c) Alter.
(d) Afram

12. What is the name of Moshke's insurance agent?
(a) Itzl.
(b) Hershel.
(c) Paysi.
(d) Zaynvel.

13. What is the name of the town where the Man from Buenos Aires gets a job leading around a blind cantor?
(a) Shpole.
(b) Tomashpol.
(c) Nanyev.
(d) Mitava.

14. Which city reports a cholera epidemic in the newspaper in A Game of Sixty-Six?
(a) Odessa.
(b) Moscow.
(c) St. Petersburg.
(d) Kiev.

15. Where did the train accident happen in The MIracle of Hoshana Rabbah?
(a) Bershed.
(b) Khashchevate.
(c) Nemirov.
(d) Sobolivke.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many partners does the Man from Buenos Aires have?

2. What does the diamond dealer do to the young man who returns his case?

3. What does the narrator and the Man from Buenos Aires drink for lunch?

4. Why is Dovid taken to jail instead of Moyshe-Nachman?

5. How does the Priest treat Berko after the train stops?

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