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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. How does Flora's father describe the library?

2. What does Flora's father decide to do after proposing marriage to Tamara?

3. What is Rouvke's first job in America?

4. Why does Fieve write to Peretz on behalf of Rouvke?

5. What does Rouvke fear ladies do to men who can't read the newspaper?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Jake feel at his divorce hearing?

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

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

10. What does Hanele tell Rouvke about her trip to the United States?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the role of women as revealed in at least three of these stories? How does the role of women differ from today? How is it similar? Give examples from the book and today's culture in your essay.

Essay Topic 2

How is pride a theme examined in this collection? What message is presented about pride? Cite the text to support your theory about pride.

Essay Topic 3

Consider the collection. How do these stories work together? What message does the author deliver when you consider the book in its entirety?

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