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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX and X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. Moe Mirsky's claimed occupation?
(a) Store owner.
(b) Poet.
(c) Metal-smith.
(d) Diamond-dealer.

2. What insult does Mother call Sara when she sees what has been done to the potatoes?
(a) Low life!
(b) Liar!
(c) Bandit!
(d) Traitor!

3. Who does Abe Schmukler marry?
(a) Mashah.
(b) Sara.
(c) Fania.
(d) Bessie.

4. How many herring does Sara sell the first time she goes out peddling?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Seventy.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Twenty five.

5. Why is Mashah poor despite being married to Moe?
(a) Because she spends all of her money on children.
(b) Because Moe has no job.
(c) Because Moe spends all of his money on clothing.
(d) Because she spends all of their money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sara find Morris Lipkin's old poems?

2. Why does the relationship between Mashah and her first love fall apart?

3. What happens to the dress Bessie puts on for her visitor?

4. What is the name of the place Sara goes to for cheap meals in a nice environment?

5. Why does Berel Bernstein not want Bessie's dowry?

(see the answer key)

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