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141 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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What "grey, bombed-out" city does the book begin in?
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Vienna, Austria
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What name does the ventriloquist go by?
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"The Great Freddie"
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What famous ghost does the ventriloquist compare the Dybbuk to in the first chapter?
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Caesar's [ghost]
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According to the Dybbuk, how many Jewish kids did German soldiers murder?
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A million and a half [kids]
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What is the full name of the Dybbuk?
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Avrom Amos Poliakov
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What does the Dybbuk define "tsuris" as in his native language?
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trouble
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What had been the ventriloquist's role in the destruction of the Italian train stations?
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"He had been one of the young Americans flying overhead to scatter the enemy's troops [using pinpoint bombings]."
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Where had the ventriloquist carved the dummy's face?
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A prisoner-of-war camp [in Poland]
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What did the dummy pretending to be Count Dracula claim he had done in the war?
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Volunteered for the blood bank
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Where did the tradition of covering the dummy's eyes with a blindfold come from?
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"The ancient Greeks believed the spirit of the dead escaped through the eyes."
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Name two of the famous voices the Dybbuk claims to be able to do when trying to convince the ventriloquist of his usefulness in the act:
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Churchill; Roosevelt; The Three Stooges
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Why did the Dybbuk offend the "Spanish" Dancer?
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He claimed she was actually a Nazi hiding in disguise
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What was the name of the ventriloquist's first dummy?
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Bill Billy
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What did the ventriloquist's first dummy have in common with a famous Disney character?
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"Like Pinocchio, every time Bill Billy stretched the truth, his nose grew longer."
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What told the ventriloquist that the Rabbi had escaped the German Death Camps [concentration camps]?
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"a string of blue numbers tattooed along his wrist"
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What was the ventiloquist's real name?
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Fred T. Birch
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Why was the Rabbi so at ease with English?
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He had grown up in Brooklyn
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What does the Rabbi mean when he uses the phrase "power of a minyan"?
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A quorum of ten rightrous Jews
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After the Ram's Horn [shofar] did not work, what did the Dybbuk claim would remove him?
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Chicken Soup
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What club did the ventriloquist compare to his Mount Everest after they cancelled his performance?
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Crazy Horse
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What "show-business prayer for a good performance did the Dybbuk say to the ventrioloquist before they broke in the new act?
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"Break a Leg"
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What did the ventroloquist recite while he drank Perrier water during the first performance of the new act?
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The Alphabet
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Why did the Dybbuk refuse to perform on Friday night?
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It was Shabbes[Shabbos]. The Jewish Sabbath
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What Paris newspaper sent a reporter to talk to the ventriloquist?
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Le Monde
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What day did the Dybbuk's body die?
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August 22nd 1944
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How did the Dybbuk's body die?
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6 bullets
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What is the small favor the Dybbuk asks of the ventriloquist?
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He wants to be Bar-Mitzvahed
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What former girlfriend did the ventriloquist run into at his Agent's office?
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Polly Marchant
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While the ventriloquist is not Jewish, he is 1/8 what?
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Cheyenne Indian (Native-American)
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What was the cheder that the Dybbuk asked the ventriloquist to accompany himto?
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"A Hebrew school located near the Eiffel Tower"
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What country was the Hebrew teacher from?
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Algeria
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What was the name of the worst of the killers of Jewish children according to the Dybbuk?
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SS Colonel Gerhard Junker-Strupp
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What was the significant of J117722?
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It was the fake concentration camp tattooed on the wrist of the SS Colonel who killed the Dybbuk's body
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What was the Dybbuk's plan for catching the man who killed him?
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Tracking down a stamp collector who the Colonel might have tried to sell stolen stamps to [and offering a cash reward]
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Give two details that the Dybbuk shared about the SS Colonel who killed him:
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Any 2 of these: nose sharp as a meat cleaver; bit his nails; fake concentration camp tattoo; smoked Egyptian cigarettes; had stolen stamp collections; dueling scars; eyes pale and ghostly blue
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How was Sulka killed?
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Rubbed poison on her lips
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What valuable stamp was the murderer trying to sell Swiss stamp dealer Haim Galicia?
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Inverted Jenny
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Under what circumstances did they finally locate the murdering SS Colonel?
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Standing trial for murder in Phoenix, Arizona
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A bottle of what helped the Dybbuk and his sister escape the Nazis by making them smell like they were sick?
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carbolic acid
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What Jewish last name was the murdering SS Colonel hiding under?
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Goldstein
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At the beginning of the story, what city is Freddie in?
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Vienna, Austria
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What year is it?
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1948
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What is the name of the boy ghost?
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Avrom Amos Poliakov
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How many Jewish children does Avrom say were killed in the Holocaust?
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one and a half million
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What does Avrom say he is?
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A dybbuk or a ghost
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What type of entertainer is Freddie?
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A ventriloquist
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What did Freddie do during the war?
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He was a pilot
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Where did Freddie get his dummy?
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He carved it in a prisoner of war camp in Poland.
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What is his name?
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Count Dracula
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What does the dybuuk do to get Freddie to let him be part of the act?
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He makes his show successful by talking through the dummy.
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What does the dybuuk tell Freddie his Spanish dancer really is?
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A former Nazi
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Why does Freddie go see a priest?
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He thinks he is possessed
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What was the name of Freddie's first dummy?
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Bill Billy
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How does the rabbi try to exorcise the dybbuk from Freddie?
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He blows a ram's horn into his ears and says a Jewish prayer
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Where does Freddie finally try his new act out?
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A small theatre on the left bank
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Why won't the dybuuk work on Friday nights?
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It is Shabbes, a Jewish holiday
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He refuses to work from what time?
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sunset on Friday until sunset on Saturday
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What does Freddie reveal on stage that surprises Freddie
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a dybbuk who was killed by the Nazis
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Who does the dybbuk tell the reporter was the Jewish child killer?
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Colonel Junker Strupp
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What was the name of Freddie's sister and what happened to her?
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Her name was Sulka and she was killed by the Nazis
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How many times was Freddie shot by the Colonel?
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He was shot 6 times by him.
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What is the Jewish celebration bar mitzvah?
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It is a celebration for a Jewish boy who turns 13 to declare he is a man.
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Avrom tells Freddie why dybbuks return to earth. What is the reason?
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To finish something that was left undone
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What is the name of Freddie's girlfriend and where is she from?
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Polly Marchant is a showgirl from the American South
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When Fredde had dates with Polly what did the dybbuk do?
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Fled his body so he could be alone with Polly
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What does Fredie do when he is in the cheder taking Hebrew lessons?
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He tries to tune out and let the dybbuk take over.
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What words coes Freddie hear over and over in his mind?
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The Jewish words,"Baruch atah Adonai…Shema Yisrael." This means you are asking God to listen to your prayers.
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The dybuuk for the first time in the act reveals he is looking for someone. Who is that person?
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He says he is looking for a rat with 2 legs named SS Colonel Gerhard Junker-Strupp
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It is revealed at the end of chapter 12 what Avrom Amos really wants Freddie to do. What is it?
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He wants him to bear witness to the atrocities of the Germans and help him find Colonel Junker-Stupp
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What did the colonel do to himself so no one would suspect he was a former Nazi?
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Had prisoner numbers tatooted on himself
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What are the numbers? And were are they tatooed?
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J117722 and they are on his right wrist
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What does the dybbuk say he will do when he finds the colonel?
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He says he will kill him
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What does Freddie admit to Polly that is a lie?
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He tells her he is Jewish
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The colonel stole what from the Jews?
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Stamp collections
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What does the dybbuk offer to anyone who has seen the colonel?
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A cash reward
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What description does the dybbuk give of the colonel?
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He has a sharp nose, smokes Egyptian cigarettes has scarred cheeks and pale, ghostly blue eyes
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How was Sulka killed?
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The Nazis rubbed poison liquid on her lips
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Who shows up at one of Freddie's shows and what does he know?
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He is Haim Galicia, a Swiss shop owner. He has information on Colonel Junker-Strupp
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What did Junker-Strupp try to sell?
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A sheet of rare stamps that show a an American Jenny plane upside down
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How did the shop owner know he was not Jewish?
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He could not speak or understand Yiddish
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Who eventually bought the stamps?
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Dr. Jameson T. Wixson in San Fransico
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What did Freddie find out about the stamp dealer?
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The German dealer was standing trial for murder in Phoenix, Arizona
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What is the name of the ship Freddie books his journey to New York on?
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The Mauritania
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What does Polly do when Freddie still won't marry her?
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She leaves him
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What kind of meal does Asvrom ask Freddie to order on the ship?
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Kosher
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What did Freddie say he would sprinkle on himself and his sister to make the Nazis think they were dead?
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Carbolic acid. It would make them stink and the soldiers would think they had Typhus.
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What does Polly demand Freddie do when he confesses he is possessed by the dybbuk?
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She demands he have has to get rid of him, but the dybbuk only hid away the rest of the trip
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Polly's family travels from where to meet her and Zfreddie as the get off the boat?
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Mobile Alabama
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What was the name of Polly's racist uncle?
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Wimble
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Where does Avrom say he will leave Freddie?
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In Phoneix
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What is Junker-Strupp on trial for in Phoniex?
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killing his young assistant
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What is the name of the judge in charge of his case?
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Harold O. Fanshaw
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What does the dybbuk tell freddi on the first day of the trial?
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That he is setting him free
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How does Freddie respond?
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With shock at fiirst, then fear
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What does the dybbuk reassure Freddie of?
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That he is now a good ventriliquest that can preorm without his help
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How does Junker-Strupp say his assistant died?
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He took poison and committed suicide
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Who does the dybbuk possess after he let Freddie go?
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The colonel
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What does he do while possessing the colonel?
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Pleads guilty to killing his assistant and to being a Nazi war criminal
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What reason does he give for killing his assistant?
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He said the boy discovered his papers revealing his true identity
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What does he confess next
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To killing Avrom
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How would the dybbuk punish the colonel
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Avrom would drive him crazy
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What does the word Holocaust mean/
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It is from the Greek word meaning, burned whole
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What was the Great Freddie's rank when he was in the service during the war?
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sergeant
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In what year does the story begin?
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1948
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What is a dybbuk?
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a spirit
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What is Freddie's home state?
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Nebraska
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When he was in the war, where did Freddie's B52 crash?
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Romania
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What does Freddie ask the priest for?
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an exorcism
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Where is Bill Billy buried?
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Germany
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How does the rabbi try to get the dybbuk out of Freddie?
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blows a ram's horn, the shofar, into his ear
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What does Freddie do to make money?
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He's a ventriloquist
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What is the biggest problem with Freddie's act at the beginning of the story?
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He moves his lips when he makes the dummy talk
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How does the dybbuk help the Great Freddie's ventriloquist act?
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He talks through Freddie's nose so that Freddie doesn't have to use his own lips or voice to make the dummy speak.
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In what city does the Great Freddie begin using the dybbuk in his act?
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Paris
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Why does Freddy have to cancel all Friday night performances?
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It's the Jewish Sabbath and the dybbuk will not perform.
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What is the name of the town that the dybbuk is from?
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Olyk
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In what year did the dybbuk die?
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1944
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What is the name of the venue that was so important to Freddie?
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Crazy Horse
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What favor does the dybbuk ask of Freddie?
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To give him a bar mitzvah
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What is Freddie's girlfriend's name?
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Polly Marchant
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What does Freddie stop to do on his way to the Crazy Horse?
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He stops and gives a poor boy money for food.
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Who murdered Avrom Amos?
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SS Colonel Gerhard Junker-Strupp
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How was Junker-Strupp able to escape punishment?
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He had himself tattooed on the arm like a concentration camp survivor.
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What does the dybbuk intend to do when he finds Junker-Strupp?
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Kill him
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How does the dybbuk plan to find Junker-Strupp?
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He describes him and offers a cash reward during performances.
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How did the SS soldiers kill Avrom's sister?
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They rubbed poison on her lips.
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What is Avrom's sister's name?
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Sulka
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What type of cigarettes did Junker-Strupp smoke?
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Egyptian cigarettes
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Who is Haim Galicia?
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A Jewish stamp dealer who provides a lead on locating Junker-Strupp.
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Why does Polly break up with Freddie?
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He books a trip to New York without her.
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What song did Freddie and Avrom sing to Polly to prove that Freddie was possessed by a dybbuk?
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Yankee Doodle
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What state is Polly from?
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Alabama
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What city did Freddie travel to after arriving in New York?
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Phoenix
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What crime was Junker-Strupp charged with in Phoenix?
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Murder-He killed his assistant because he thought he was stealing from him.
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How does Junker-Strupp's attorney suggest that the young assistant died?
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He committed suicide
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Why does Junker-Strupp confess to the murder?
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He is possessed by the dybbuk and the dybbuk is really speaking.
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Why did Junker-Strupp kill his assistant?
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He discovered Junker-Strupp's true identity
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What color was Avrom's hair when he was a young boy?
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red
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What is the name of the ship that Freddie took to New York?
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Mauritania
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What is Freddy able to do by the end of the story?
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Speak without moving his lips.
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What does Freddie cover each night when he puts the dummy in the wicker basket?
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The dummy's eyes.
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