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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters IX and X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Zalmon?
(a) Seventy.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Thirty-two.
(d) Fifty-six.

2. Who is Bessie?
(a) Sara's eldest sister.
(b) Sara's cousin.
(c) Sara's best friend.
(d) Sara's teacer.

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

4. What job does Sara have to support herself while she goes to night school?
(a) She works as a street sweeper.
(b) She works as a waitress.
(c) She works as an ironer.
(d) She works as a baker's apprentice.

5. Why did the family leave most of their valuable tools behind when they moved to America?
(a) Because Fania wanted to bring extra clothes instead.
(b) Because Sara wanted to bring her stuffed animals instead.
(c) Because mother wanted her preserves brought instead.
(d) Because father wanted his books brought instead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Shenah have to turn away so many customers from the store?

2. What instrument does Mashah's first true love play?

3. Why do Shenah and Reb argue at the end of Chapter 7?

4. Why does Sara's mother become angry when she sees what Sara has done to the potatoes?

5. How much is the bag of rice the young girl tries to purchase in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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