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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time passed before the rabbis could come to a decision regarding Gimpel's situation?
(a) Six years.
(b) Nine years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Nine months.

2. What does the second person Gimpel dreams of say of the afterlife?
(a) "I am so happy!"
(b) "Dante was right."
(c) "I am in limbo."
(d) "They spare you nothing here."

3. Instead of God or an afterlife, what does the the person in Gimpel's dream say is there?
(a) Another life on earth.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A thick mire.
(d) Eternal sleep.

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

5. On the night of Gimpel's return after a lengthy separation, what does Elka's "brother" do to Gimpel?
(a) Hugs him and tells him he's glad Gimpel's home.
(b) Yells at Gimpel to leave.
(c) Ties Gimpel up and threatens to kill him.
(d) Jump from behind the oven and strikes him on the head.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gimpel tell the Rabbi he actually saw by Elka in his bed?

3. When did Gimpel's opinion of the person who delivered bread to Elka for him change?

4. As the story ends, what is Gimpel about to do?

5. When Gimpel tells the children that he saw their dead mother, how do they react?

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