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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 the author say Saul's arms look like when he leads prayers?

2. What opens up a new universe for Eliza?

3. What does Eliza think her family appears like in the photographs?

4. Where does Aaron meet Chali?

5. What does Saul overhear the woman say her son has been identified as?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems are starting to occur in Miriam and Saul's marriage?

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

3. What does Eliza feel about the picture of her family in the newspaper?

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

5. What was Miriam's relationship like with her parents?

6. How does Aaron meet Chali?

7. What does Saul's study represent in context to the story?

8. How did Aaron's bar Mitzvah change him?

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

10. How is Miriam sexual voracity causing problems for Saul 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

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

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