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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 Cabalist of East Broadway," where can the main character get retirement funds?

2. In "Old Love," where do Harry's grandchildren live?

3. In "A Crown of Feathers," what kind of estate does Nesha live on?

4. In "Three Encounters," what is the name of the woman the narrator loves?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Old Love," how does Mrs. Brokeles die?

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

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

4. How does the narrator relate with the beetle?

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

6. In "A Day in Coney Island," what does the narrator do for a living?

7. What does Mrs. Brokeles apologize for in her letter to Harry?

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

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

10. In "The Joke," how did Bendel get Walden to correspond with him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The Holocaust was referred to many times in this book. What are some stories that it is presented in, and how does the inclusion of it affect those stories?

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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