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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. What does Bubby buy for Feldman when she first gets her period?

2. Which aunt of Feldman's controlled most of her early life?

3. What is the occasion of the big dance in Chapter 4?

4. What does Feldman say you do not have if you have no roots?

5. Where is Feldman's summer camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens to a group of young men who rob a neighbor in Feldman's neighborhood in Chapter 4?

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

5. How does Zeidy react when he hears Feldman talking to her cousins in English?

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

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

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

9. What happens between Moshe and Feldman in the wine cellar in Chapter 3?

10. What is Feldman's impression of her father when she is a young girl?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Feldman's cousin Moshe's attempted sexual assault of her in her grandparents' house change the way Feldman views her religion, her family, and men in general? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Feldman begin to become friends with Polly, a gentile? How does Feldman's friendship with Polly change the course of her life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the most important factors in the matchmaking process in the Satmar community? Does Feldman seem to have any faith in the matchmaking process? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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