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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters III and IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Sara go to fetch once Bessie's visitor arrives?
(a) Her mother's shawl.
(b) Her mother's mirror.
(c) Her mother's soft chair cushion.
(d) Her mother's jelly.

2. Why does Bessie shine up the house one night after everyone but Sara leaves?
(a) Because she has an employee coming over.
(b) Because she has a man coming over.
(c) Because she has a girlfriend coming over.
(d) Because she has an enemy coming over.

3. Whose dress does Bessie put on for her visitor?
(a) Mother's dress.
(b) Mashah's dress.
(c) Sara's dress.
(d) Fania's dress.

4. What color is the dress Bessie puts on for her visitor?
(a) Purple.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Pink.

5. Sara's father's most prized possession is what?
(a) The Qur'an.
(b) The Kojiki.
(c) The Bible.
(d) The Torah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Berel Bernstein not want Bessie's dowry?

2. What insult does Mother call Sara when she sees what has been done to the potatoes?

3. Why does the relationship between Mashah and her first love fall apart?

4. Who does Fania go to night school with?

5. Why does Sara take the pail and go outside to dig through the neighbor's ashes?

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