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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 worries Flora most about marrying Shaya?
(a) He may go home.
(b) He isn't tall enough.
(c) He may become a rabbi.
(d) He may never learn English.

2. What does Flora's father decide to do after proposing marriage to Tamara?
(a) Disown Flora.
(b) Move to Mexico.
(c) Give her half of his property.
(d) Build a synagogue.

3. Why does Getl get a kerchief?
(a) To dry her tears.
(b) To cover her lap.
(c) To give it to Jake.
(d) To replace her wig.

4. What does Rouvke ask his mother to tell him about when he is first in the United States?
(a) Rouvke doesn't talk to his mother at first.
(b) Details from Hanele's life.
(c) Major world events.
(d) Gossip from their town.

5. What does Rouvke's mother think of recent photos of him?
(a) That he looks like a gentile.
(b) That he looks younger.
(c) That he looks ridiculous.
(d) That he looks dignified.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Getl feel the first time she tries on a corset?

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

3. What does Rouvke threaten to do to Gospodin?

4. Why does Rouvke avoid women when he is first in the United States?

5. How does Flora's father feel about her reading novels?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the Talmudists come for dinner in "The Imported Bridegroom"?

2. What does Jake think about as he goes to the Mayor's to marry Mamie?

3. What role does Mrs. Kohan play in Rouvke's marriage?

4. How do Rouvke's old townspeople feel about him?

5. How does Jake finally decide to bring his wife and son to the United States?

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

7. What does Fieve tell Rouvke about Hanele and her family after he moved to the United States?

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

9. What happens when Flora's father hears the sermon in Chapter Two of "The Imported Bridegroom"?

10. How does Rouvke feel about American women?

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