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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. Why does Aharon's business fall apart?
(a) He has spent all his money on bribes for his son.
(b) He is robbed.
(c) His wife moves to Poland with the son and leaves him shorthanded.
(d) He suffers anxiety about his son and is unable to work.

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

3. What does the priest want to do when he is trapped on the runaway locomotive with Berko?
(a) Make a jump for it.
(b) Wait for help.
(c) Pull the brake.
(d) Throw something in front of the train to slow it.

4. Why doesn't the narrator in trouble at the end of Fated for Misfortune?
(a) He has broken his leg.
(b) He has stolen money.
(c) He did not keep account books.
(d) He is bankrupt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Itsik's deceased brother.

2. Why does Aharon's son get rid of his school hat?

3. Why does the 60-year-old man claim to hate reading the newspaper?

4. Which city reports a cholera epidemic in the newspaper in A Game of Sixty-Six?

5. How much money does Yayl have to pay when he loses the bet?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Moshke's neighbors respond when his store burns down a second time?

2. What do the pogrom rioters find when they arrive at Heysen?

3. Describe the appearance of Yoyl Tashker.

4. Describe the appearance of Danielchik.

5. Why does Aharon's son leave the school?

6. As mentioned in the Slowpoke Express, what does the narrator consider a fact?

7. What does the Jewish holiday of Sukkos celebrate?

8. What does the term "meeting the train" mean?

9. Why does the locomotive arrive with no train attached to it in The Wedding That Came Without Its Band?

10. How does Moshke like to celebrate?

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