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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters XIV and XV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sara first feel distressed when she tries to study at her new apartment?
(a) The apartment windows are too dark.
(b) The apartment is too stuffy.
(c) The apartment neighbors are too noisy.
(d) The apartment is too cold.

2. Why do Shenah and Reb argue at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Because Mashah leaves her husband.
(b) Because of the money Reb loses in the false business he buys.
(c) Because Sara runs away from home.
(d) Because Shenah is unreasonable.

3. Why does Shenah have to turn away so many customers from the store?
(a) Because Reb tells her to.
(b) Because they lack the items customers ask for.
(c) Because Shenah doesn't know how to run a store.
(d) Because the store is short on help.

4. Why does Reb not want his eldest daughter to marry Berel?
(a) Because he thinks Berel is not good enough for her.
(b) Because God told him not to marry Bessie off.
(c) Because Bessie earns more money than his other daughters.
(d) Because Mashah would make a better wife.

5. What does Sara do when she finds out about the engagement?
(a) She ignores Berel.
(b) She throws herring at Berel.
(c) She yells at Berel.
(d) She slaps Berel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours does Sara work to be able to support herself and go to night school?

2. Who does Morris Lipkin dedicate his collection of poems to?

3. What fraction of the children's wages does Reb give to charity?

4. How much money did Zalmon get from the lodges for his wife's death?

5. What item does Sara go to fetch once Bessie's visitor arrives?

(see the answer key)

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