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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters VII and VIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Reb refuse to become a Rabbi?
(a) Because he says he hasn't the time for it.
(b) Because he does not want to make money.
(c) Because he is lazy.
(d) Because he thinks becoming a Rabbi would be selling out his religion.

2. Who does Morris Lipkin dedicate his collection of poems to?
(a) Fania.
(b) Mashah.
(c) Sara.
(d) Bessie.

3. Why does Sara want to run away from home?
(a) Because she can not stand her father's preaching and her parents' bickering.
(b) Because she wants to be a circus performer.
(c) Because she has a secret boyfriend.
(d) Because she is spoiled and rude to her parents.

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

5. Why does Sara's mother become angry when she sees what Sara has done to the potatoes?
(a) Because Sara did not bake the potatoes properly.
(b) Because Sara dropped the potatoes.
(c) Because Sara did not wash the potatoes.
(d) Because Sara skinned the potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Sara at the beginning of the story?

2. How does Shenah react when she realizes that her husband has been swindled by buying the store?

3. Who is Zaretzky?

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

5. What insult does Mother and Father call Mashah?

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