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| What "grey, bombed-out" city does the book begin in? |
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| What name does the ventriloquist go by? |
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| What famous ghost does the ventriloquist compare the Dybbuk to in the first chapter? |
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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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| What does the Dybbuk define "tsuris" as in his native language? |
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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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| 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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| 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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| What club did the ventriloquist compare to his Mount Everest after they cancelled his performance? |
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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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| What did the ventroloquist recite while he drank Perrier water during the first performance of the new act? |
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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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| What day did the Dybbuk's body die? |
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| How did the Dybbuk's body die? |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| What Jewish last name was the murdering SS Colonel hiding under? |
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| At the beginning of the story, what city is Freddie in? |
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| What is the name of the boy ghost? |
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| How many Jewish children does Avrom say were killed in the Holocaust? |
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| What does Avrom say he is? |
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| What type of entertainer is Freddie? |
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| What did Freddie do during the war? |
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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 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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| 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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| 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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| 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 AdonaiÂ…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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| 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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| What does the dybbuk offer to anyone who has seen the colonel? |
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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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| 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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| What does Polly do when Freddie still won't marry her? |
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| What kind of meal does Asvrom ask Freddie to order on the ship? |
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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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| What was the name of Polly's racist uncle? |
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| Where does Avrom say he will leave Freddie? |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| In what year does the story begin? |
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| What is Freddie's home state? |
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| When he was in the war, where did Freddie's B52 crash? |
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| What does Freddie ask the priest for? |
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| Where is Bill Billy buried? |
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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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| 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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| 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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| In what year did the dybbuk die? |
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| What is the name of the venue that was so important to Freddie? |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| What type of cigarettes did Junker-Strupp smoke? |
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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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| What state is Polly from? |
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| What city did Freddie travel to after arriving in New York? |
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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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| 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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| What is the name of the ship that Freddie took to New York? |
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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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