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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In order to avoid a scandal, what does Gimpel do?
(a) Calms Elka down.
(b) Breaks free of his constraints and ties up the "brother" instead.
(c) Tells Elka to run away in the night.
(d) Heads to the temple.

2. What does Elka confess on her deathbed?
(a) Their children are not Gimpel's.
(b) She doesn't believe in God.
(c) She has always loved Gimpel.
(d) She has never loved Gimpel.

3. After leaving Frampol, where does Gimpel go when he dreams?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Frampol.
(c) Hell.
(d) Into the sky.

4. Where does Gimpel want to go?
(a) To hell.
(b) Off to another town.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Paris.

5. As a joke, what do the townspeople tell Gimpel has happened to his parents?
(a) They have risen from the dead and are looking for him.
(b) They are in debt and have sold him to the farmer.
(c) They have died.
(d) They have moved to another town and left Gimpel behind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the final expression on Elka's face after she confesses to Gimpel?

2. What story does Elka tell Gimpel in an attempt to convince him that the child is his?

3. As the story ends, what is Gimpel about to do?

4. After taking steps toward revenge, who does Gimpel see in a dream?

5. Does GImpel let himself be persuaded to do what his dream suggests?

(see the answer key)

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