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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, how long did it take to eat dinner after Ruben's parents arrived?
(a) Not quiet an hour.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) About 40 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

2. Where were Tzila's parents from?
(a) Yugoslavia.
(b) Czechoslovakia.
(c) Bulgaria.
(d) Poland.

3. What did Edith carve apples into in Chapter 8?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Swans.
(c) Checkerboards.
(d) Hearts.

4. What did Edith serve for dessert in Chapter 6?
(a) Pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and apple pie.
(b) Pumpkin pie and blueberry pie.
(c) Pumpkin pie and peach cobbler.
(d) Pumpkin pie, pineapple upside down cake, and apple-rhubarb brown betty.

5. How long did Alter cut cloth?
(a) 35 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 45 years.
(d) 40 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What class did Ruben think he might have to teach in Chapter 9?

2. Where did Tzila's parents live in the U.S. before they immigrated to Israel?

3. What was one of Judy's top college choice in Chapter 6?

4. What was the house number on the Blum's house in 1960?

5. In Chapter 7, where did Ruben dispose of Judy's old bedroom door?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Henya tell Judy when she complained about her nose?

2. What does Ruben say about the perception that Andrew Jackson was a hick Indian-slayer?

3. What did Tzila tell the Blums about where her parents and she were from?

4. What was Ruben's response when Netanyahu commented that it was ridiculous to have a historian teach religion?

5. Why did Edith have to get new carpet in Chapter 7?

6. What did Alter say he would do if he was trying to go to college?

7. What did Edith serve for Thanksgiving dinner in Chapter 7?

8. What did Judy say her college essays were opportunities for?

9. In Chapter 7, what were the plans for the day before Judy got hurt?

10. Where did Judy go on New Year's Eve in Chapter 7, and what did she look like?

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