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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. How much money does Danielschik request for his ticket to America?
(a) 400 rubles.
(b) 100 rubles.
(c) 150 rubles.
(d) 300 rubles.

2. How was Paysi's birth father related to his adopted father?
(a) They were brothers.
(b) They did not know each other.
(c) They were best friends.
(d) They were cousins.

3. Why won't Yoyl terminate Kompanyevitch's lease even though he greatly dislikes him?
(a) He likes having something to complain about.
(b) He has given his word as a gentleman not to.
(c) He is afraid Kompanyevitch would exact revenge on him.
(d) Kompanyevitch pays on time.

4. What is Itsik short for?
(a) It is not an abhreviation of any name.
(b) Eisik.
(c) Avrik-Itzl.
(d) Avrom-Yitzhok.

5. How does the Priest treat Berko after the train stops?
(a) He shakes hands with him.
(b) He shouts curses at him.
(c) He punches him.
(d) He completely ignores him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the son score lowly on the second time he takes the exams in High School?

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

3. What is the name of the cantor's daughter who committed suicide?

4. Where does the Priest go after the train stopped?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of relationship does Yoyl have with his neighbor Kompanyevitch?

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

3. How does Moshke like to celebrate?

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

5. How does the Diamond Dealer describe the thief?

6. Why does the 60-year-old man tell the narrator a long story about how someone was tricked out of money playing cards?

7. Describe the appearance of Danielchik.

8. Describe the appearance of Yoyl Tashker.

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

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

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