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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Gimpel has returned home after being separated and he has completed Elka's errand, what does he ask her?
(a) If she missed him.
(b) Where the apprentice went.
(c) Why the kids aren't in bed.
(d) How she has been.

2. What does a mid-week event allow Gimpel to do?
(a) Admit to his thieving.
(b) Go home to sleep in his own bed.
(c) Leave Elka and marry someone else.
(d) Get a new job.

3. Who calls Gimpel by his nickname?
(a) The townspeople.
(b) His parents.
(c) Himself.
(d) The rabbi.

4. When the rabbi sends for Gimpel, after a long separation from Elka, what does the rabbi ask?
(a) If Gimpel is ready to divorce Elka.
(b) If Gimpel is ready to marry someone else.
(c) If Gimpel is sure he was wrong about his wife.
(d) If Gimpel has been praying enough.

5. What does Elka tell Gimpel to do as soon as she sees him in the house?
(a) Lay next to her.
(b) Check on the goat.
(c) Tell the children he is back.
(d) Go back to the bakery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice is given to Gimpel?

2. When people glare at the child, what does Gimpel do?

3. What ultimately happens to Elka?

4. What does the person Gimpel confronts tell Gimpel to do?

5. Judging by Gimpel's description, how is Elka's current living situation?

(see the answer key)

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