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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. What is a game that is similar to jacks?
(a) Kugelech.
(b) Tazellech.
(c) Mazellech.
(d) Ruguelech.

2. What is Feldman's father's name?
(a) Binyamin.
(b) Reitzy.
(c) Shia.
(d) Robert.

3. What makes Bubby cry while she grates it in Chapter 2?
(a) Onions.
(b) Horseradish.
(c) Liverwurst.
(d) Carrots.

4. What name does Feldman call her grandfather by?
(a) Zeidy.
(b) Pop.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) Papa.

5. What does the crowd cry for at the dance when someone faints because it is so hot?
(a) Grenolah.
(b) Hatzolah.
(c) Raenzolah.
(d) Fremolah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Feldman's mother born and raised?

2. Where does Feldman ask Bubby if bad things come from?

3. What is the most important rule of Hasidic society in terms of addressing elders?

4. Who is the girl in Feldman's class with the most power?

5. Which of the following books does Feldman also pull from the library in the end of Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Feldman often find solace in, escaping her stifling life for a time, in Chapter 4?

2. How does Feldman surprise her English teacher in Chapter 4?

3. How did Chaya generally treat Feldman's mother when she came to visit Feldman when Feldman was a child?

4. What is one reason Feldman's mother tells Feldman that Zeidy had so much control over her married life?

5. How do the summer camp counselors react when they find out Feldman and Golda are in the secluded field together, and why?

6. What does Feldman think the first time she gets her period?

7. Why is summer camp ruined in Chapter 3 for Feldman?

8. How does Feldman feel about her cousin Moshe coming to stay with her at Bubby and Zeidy's at first?

9. Why does Feldman interview her mother on the eve of her own twenty-fourth birthday?

10. Why does Feldman think people employ her father in odd jobs?

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