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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a choson?
(a) A man who is on the matrimonial market.
(b) A man who is engaged.
(c) A man who is divorced.
(d) A man who pays money for a wife.

2. What does Gitl do when her divorce from Jake is finalized?
(a) Faints.
(b) Yells.
(c) Shrugs.
(d) Walks away.

3. What does Jake do when he realizes he can no longer remember his son's face?
(a) He plans a trip home.
(b) He becomes depressed.
(c) He tries to find a picture.
(d) He goes out to dance.

4. Where does Flora's father accuse Shaya of eating pork?
(a) At a restaurant.
(b) In synagogue.
(c) At home.
(d) In church.

5. How old is Flora in "The Imported Bridegroom"?
(a) 22.
(b) 23.
(c) 20.
(d) 21.

6. How does Shaya respond when Flora tells him her father approves of their wedding?
(a) He kisses her.
(b) He jumps up and down.
(c) He ignores her.
(d) He wants to listen to people read books.

7. What does Feive do for a living?
(a) He is a matchmaker.
(b) He is a banker.
(c) He is a rabbi.
(d) He is a journalist.

8. What does Gospodin agree to pay Rouvke for?
(a) His week's salary.
(b) His dinner.
(c) His sorrows.
(d) His marriage fees.

9. What does Flora's father hope her future husband will do for a living?
(a) A writer.
(b) A businessman.
(c) A builder.
(d) A preacher.

10. How does Jake respond when Fanny asks him about dance class?
(a) He cries.
(b) He walks away.
(c) He is happy.
(d) He snaps at her.

11. What upsets Rouvke most about learning English?
(a) Forgetting his own language.
(b) Having to read in English.
(c) Trying to remember the vowel sounds.
(d) Other people teasing him.

12. Why does Flora's father decide to grow out his side locks?
(a) Because he is bored.
(b) Because the preacher told him to.
(c) Because he is wicked.
(d) Because Tamara asked him.

13. What language does Jake disapprove of Getl speaking?
(a) English.
(b) Yiddish.
(c) Russian.
(d) German.

14. What is Rouvke's first job in America?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A peddler.
(c) A cobbler.
(d) A factory worker.

15. Why does Shaya ask Flora for help with his English?
(a) Because he wants to get to know her better.
(b) Because his tutor quit.
(c) Because people can't understand him.
(d) Because she knows the current slang.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Flora say to Shaya the first time he kisses her?

2. Who tells Gitl about Jake's relationship with Mamie?

3. What does Rouvke's mother think of recent photos of him?

4. Why does Flora have Tamara send food to Shaya?

5. While in the United States, what does Rouvke learn about Peretz?

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