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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. Where does Feldman buy books in Chapter 5?

2. What happens when Eli and Feldman try to consummate their marriage on their wedding night?

3. What does the word mekor mean?

4. Who attends Feldman at her first mikvah?

5. What branch of the Satmar community is Eli from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What enrages Feldman about Eli on the very first full day of their marriage?

2. What is one of the most important things the kallah teacher tells Feldman?

3. What is one special concession that Satmar brides are privy to on their wedding days that Feldman appreciates?

4. What happens during every holiday or special occasion during the year Feldman is engaged?

5. Who does Feldman meet before she meets her proposed fiance through the matchmaker for the first time?

6. What does Chaya tell Feldman about her sexual problems in her marriage in Chapter 7?

7. How does Feldman feel about Eli's pleas to wait until Shabbos is over to take her to the hospital to check on the baby?

8. What scandal breaks in the Satmar community during the worst possible moment for Feldman?

9. How does Feldman feel about her mother coming to her wedding?

10. What does Golda tell Feldman happened on her wedding night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the specific traditions, restrictions, and requirements the Satmar community places on/and or expects women to adhere to that Feldman finds particularly infuriating or traumatic? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How would you describe Feldman's relationship to food as a young girl growing up in her grandparents' house? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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