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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Dead Fiddler," what is a dybukk?

2. In The Little Shoemakers," where does Abba's eldest son move?

3. In "Gimpel the Fool," how many children does Elka have?

4. In "The Spinoza of Market Street," whom did Nahum like to study?

5. In "Zeidel the Pope," how does Zeidel lose his bag of coins?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Gimpel the Fool," what does Gimpel learn on his wife's deathbed?

2. In "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy," what does Avigdor name his first child, and why?

3. Why does Liebe in "The Dead Fiddler" never marry?

4. Why does Meir become the Slaughterer?

5. In "The Little Shoemakers," what happens when Abba gets to America?

6. Why does the desk clerk in "Alone get angry with the narrator?

7. In "Joy," what does Bainish talk about with Reb Abraham?

8. How and why is Liesel punished in "The Destruction of Kreshev"?

9. What does Zorach say about death at the end of "The Séance"?

10. What comforts Tiabel in "Tiabel and Her Demon"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in these stories had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 2

What role does symbolism play in these stories and where does it appear? How is the plot of the stories altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 3

There was a lot of interesting advice given and received in these stories. What are some examples of this advice, and what were the consequences of it?

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