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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 Yearning Heifer," what does the writer do when he goes for a walk on the farm?

2. In "The Admirer," what disease does Elizabeth have?

3. Where does "A Crown of Feathers" take place?

4. In "A Dance and a Hop," what kind of business do the sisters run?

5. Who takes Morris on "The Psychic Journey"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Manuscript," when does Shibtah find her husband cheating on her?

2. In "A Crown of Feathers," how does the second crown of feathers come to be?

3. In "Grandfather and Grandson," what is Mordecai arrested for, and what does he say about it?

4. In "A Tale of Two Sisters," how does the narrator come to know the two sisters?

5. In the short story "The Betrayer of Israel," why is Koppel considered the betrayer?

6. In "The Yearning Heifer," why does the narrator say he knows how the yearning heifer felt?

7. What happens when Theresa from "A Quotation from Klopstock" dies?

8. What does Shibtah from "The Manuscript" do when she catches her husband cheating on her?

9. What does Joel from "The Cabalist of East Broadway" refuse to do?

10. What are the three encounters, in the short story "Three Encounters"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Judaism is very central to the plots of every single story. How does this religious center affect the plot of the stories and the messages being presented in them?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. In what stories does this theme appears, and how do the characters react who are touched by it? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

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