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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is said about Elka at the wedding ceremony?
(a) She smells bad.
(b) She is both a widow and divorced.
(c) She isn't fit to be wed.
(d) She doesn't really love Gimpel.

2. What does Elka tell Gimpel has happened on their wedding night?
(a) She has gotten her monthly.
(b) She has already bought another house.
(c) She has a headache.
(d) She has decided that she wants more children.

3. Does Gimpel believe Elka's story about the child?
(a) Yes, but he knows he can't tell fact from fiction, so really no.
(b) No.
(c) He isn't sure.
(d) Yes.

4. Where does Gimpel want to go?
(a) To hell.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Paris.
(d) Off to another town.

5. When Gimpel states that he will "never marry that whore", what do the townspeople say?
(a) That no one blames him if he doesn't want to marry Elka.
(b) That he should be glad that she's easy.
(c) That he should be ashamed of giving Elka a bad name and they can have him fined by the Rabbi.
(d) That Elka is a prostitute.

Short Answer Questions

1. How had Gimpel felt previously about the person who brought Elka the food and money from Gimpel?

2. What does the person in Gimpel's dream say about God?

3. Who translated "Gimpel the Fool"?

4. What happens mid-week at the bakery?

5. After her big confession to Gimpel, what does Elka do?

(see the answer key)

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