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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. Moe Mirsky's claimed occupation?
(a) Poet.
(b) Store owner.
(c) Diamond-dealer.
(d) Metal-smith.

2. What does Reb buy with the money Zalmon gives him?
(a) A cobbler store.
(b) A fish stand.
(c) A soup market.
(d) A grocery store.

3. Why does Sara take the pail and go outside to dig through the neighbor's ashes?
(a) To find a lost ring.
(b) To find coal.
(c) To find something to sell.
(d) To find bits of food.

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

5. Why does Berel Bernstein not want Bessie's dowry?
(a) Because she does not have one.
(b) Because the dowry is too small.
(c) Because Reb offers things Berel does not need.
(d) Because Berel does not need money.

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

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

8. How many hours does Sara work to be able to support herself and go to night school?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

9. Why does Fania say the shops are closed and there is no work?
(a) The shops are closed until the new year.
(b) The shops are closed until the renters can pay their rent for the month.
(c) The shops are closed until a new president is elected.
(d) The shops are closed until the girls are willing to take less pay.

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

11. What is inside most of the boxes in the store Reb buys?
(a) Shredded wood.
(b) Sawdust.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Newspaper.

12. How many hours a night does Sara go to night school?
(a) Six.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

13. How many hours a night does Sara dedicate to her night school studies?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

14. How many children does Zalmon have?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mother react when she found out that Mashah bought her own towel, toothbrush, and soap?

2. How does Reb feel when Sara runs away from home?

3. Who slaps Sara at the end of Chapter 8?

4. What color is Mashah's long beautiful hair?

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

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