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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gimpel's reasoning in the resolution that he reached while separated from his wife?
(a) If he divorces Elka she will look like the fool.
(b) He will get revenge on the townspeople for making him marry Elka.
(c) If he is Christian he wont be harassed as much.
(d) What's the good of not believing? Today it's your wife you don't belive, tomorrow it's God.

2. Where does Gimpel believe he cannot be deceived?
(a) On the road.
(b) The afterlife.
(c) In the pub.
(d) In his dreams.

3. In order to right his wrongfully attempted vengeance, what does Gimpel do?
(a) Bury the tainted bread.
(b) Clean the sidewalk.
(c) Pray.
(d) Return the food he has stolen.

4. How does Gimpel feel on his way home at night after work?
(a) Like he has a fever.
(b) So excited he feels like singing.
(c) Hungry.
(d) Regretful he didn't get a divorce.

5. Who is the author of "Gimpel the Fool"?
(a) Judy Bloom.
(b) Isaac Bashevis Singer.
(c) Isaac Mizrahi.
(d) Saul Bellow.

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

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

8. When Gimpel awakens after dreaming of Elka, what mementos does he have?
(a) The feel of Elka's lips and taste of her tears.
(b) Scratches from the Spirit of Evil.
(c) Stray hairs from his children.
(d) An ancient Torah by his bed of straw.

9. What does Gimpel tell the children to do before he leaves town?
(a) Pray for their mother.
(b) Start their own businesses.
(c) Remember him well.
(d) Forget him.

10. After leaving Frampol, who does Gimpel see when he dreams?
(a) God.
(b) The Spirit of Evil.
(c) Elka.
(d) His children he left behind.

11. After leaving Frampol, how does Gimpel always envision Elka?
(a) In her wedding gown.
(b) As a devil.
(c) As an angel but without wings.
(d) Standing by the washtub like their first encounter.

12. What is wrong with Elka when she becomes ill?
(a) She is old.
(b) She is insane.
(c) There is a growth on her breast.
(d) She has diabetes.

13. What does Gimpel tell Elka on her deathbed?
(a) The goat is fine and not to worry.
(b) He knows she has done him wrong and will never forgive her.
(c) She will not be cremated but buried.
(d) There is nothing to forgive, and that Elka has been a good and faithful wife.

14. After Gimpel and Elka's separation, why does Gimpel not want a scandal?
(a) He is tired of drama.
(b) He doesn't want to look foolish.
(c) He doesn't want people to think badly of Elka.
(d) People will accuse him of raising spooks and no one will want the bread he bakes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Gimpel returns home after months of being away, who does Gimpel see in the bed next to Elka?

2. As Gimpel ages, what does he say he comes to understand?

3. When the rabbi sends for Gimpel, after a long separation from Elka, what does the rabbi ask?

4. What does the second person Gimpel dreams of say of the afterlife?

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

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