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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. Why does the relationship between Mashah and her first love fall apart?
(a) Mashah's family is skeptical of her love's true intentions.
(b) Mashah's family is too rich for her love's father to approve.
(c) Mashah's family is too poor for her love's father to approve.
(d) Mashah's family does not accept that her love is true.

2. What season does Reb say it is always in America?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

3. How many herring does Sara sell the first time she goes out peddling?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Twenty five.
(d) One hundred.

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

5. What color is Mashah's long beautiful hair?
(a) Blonde.
(b) White.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Bessie the last of the older sister siblings to find a man?

2. Whose dress does Bessie put on for her visitor?

3. Who does Mashah's first true love get his money from?

4. Why does Fania say the shops are closed and there is no work?

5. Why did the family leave most of their valuable tools behind when they moved to America?

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