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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 frightens Gitl about Mamie?
(a) She threatens Gitl.
(b) She is beautiful.
(c) She can't understand her.
(d) She goes to college.

2. How does Flora's father want to fix her wedding to Shaya?
(a) With a Jewish ceremony.
(b) With a divorce.
(c) With a celebration party.
(d) With prayer.

3. What do the other peddlers do after Hanele leaves Rouyke for Gospodin?
(a) They buy him drinks.
(b) They offer him their apologies.
(c) They ignore him.
(d) They laugh at him.

4. How does Flora feel about Shaya's love of American books?
(a) Impressed.
(b) Smitten.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Fearful.

5. How does Jake explain Mamie's visit in "A Paterfamilias"?
(a) She asks about work.
(b) She feels pleased to meet Gitl.
(c) She is playing a prank.
(d) She was stopping by.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Fanny find a new job in "A Paterfamilias"?

2. What upsets Flora's father about Pravly?

3. What does Flora hope her future husband will do for a living?

4. Why do Shaya's collection of Hebrew books make Flora cry?

5. How does Rouvke feel when he sees Hanele for the first time in the United States?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fieve help Rouvke negotiate a marriage with Hanele?

2. What is Rouvke's life like when he first moves to the United States?

3. How does Flora's father end up bringing Shaya back to the United States?

4. How does Jake feel when he first sees his wife and son in the United States?

5. How does Gitl try to fit in with American culture?

6. Why do Fanny and Mamie have a conflict with each other?

7. What does Flora do when Shaya listens to her play the piano?

8. How does Rouvke react to the news that Hanele is engaged to someone else?

9. How does Reb Tzalel feel about Shaya after he spends time in the United States?

10. How does Jake feel at his divorce hearing?

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