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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. What does Rabbi Mayer present Aaron on behalf of his congregation?

2. What kind of bird does Ms. Lowodski share her home with?

3. Which do of the following words does Eliza have to spell in the spelling competition Ms. Rai presides over?

4. What does Eliza tell the smart girls it felt like winning the spelling bee contest?

5. What does Aaron say he has not felt in his three years since his Bar Mitzvah?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Saul help Eliza prepare for the spelling test?

2. How did Saul discover Judaism?

3. What was Saul's life like before he met Miriam?

4. Why does Aaron decide to stop playing the guitar?

5. What problems is Saul experiencing with both of his children in this section?

6. What religious and spiritual awakening does Saul experience at his wedding?

7. Describe the house Miriam steals from at the beginning of this section?

8. In what way could the marriage of Saul and Miriam be described as unconventional?

9. How did Miriam cause her Dutch governess to lose her job?

10. Why does Miriam decide against stealing from the second house in this section?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has Saul's upbringing affects the decisions he makes and how he brings up his own children? In what way does he repeat his father's mistakes?

Essay Topic 2

What is the author's opinion on organized religion? How does she express this view through the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Within the context of the story, what does the word perfectimundo symbolize? Why does the author use a slang type word to symbolize this?

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