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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elka confess on her deathbed?
(a) She has never loved Gimpel.
(b) Their children are not Gimpel's.
(c) She doesn't believe in God.
(d) She has always loved Gimpel.

2. When Gimpel hints that Elka has fooled him, how does Elka respond?
(a) She is silent.
(b) She pretends not to know what he is talking about.
(c) She tells him that he is in fact a fool.
(d) She begins to sob uncontrollably.

3. The morning after talking with the Rabbi, where does Gimpel go?
(a) To see the Rabbi again.
(b) To see Elka.
(c) To see the baker.
(d) To another town.

4. What story does Elka tell Gimpel in an attempt to convince him that the child is his?
(a) An angel came to Elka in a dream and told her she would be the mother to the second coming of Christ.
(b) Elka's grandmother, whom she resembles, carried for the same short amount of time.
(c) The child has Gimpel's nose and ears.
(d) Gimpel was drunk one night nine months ago and came to visit her.

5. What does the person Gimpel confronts tell Gimpel to do?
(a) Leave Elkaif he truely loves her.
(b) See an herb doctor or healer, as something is wrong with Gimpel's head.
(c) Bake some break for dinner that night.
(d) Admit that he isn't actually Elka's husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elka want before agreeing to marry Gimpel?

2. What is Gimpel's reasoning for considering marrying Elka?

3. Who beats up on Gimpel?

4. What is Gimpel's defense against being called foolish?

5. After the feast celebrating the birth of their child, what does Elka ask Gimpel?

(see the answer key)

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