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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Morris react when Sara says that she loves him?
(a) He laughs at her.
(b) He cries and thinks of Fania.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He cheers and hugs her.

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

4. Who gives Sara money as she leaves home to go off on her own?
(a) Reb.
(b) Shenah.
(c) Bessie.
(d) Fania.

5. How much money did Zalmon get from the lodges for his wife's death?
(a) Ten thousand dollars.
(b) One thousand dollars.
(c) Five thousand dollars.
(d) Two thousand dollars.

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

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

8. Who does Sara go to see first after running away from home?
(a) Bessie.
(b) Mashah.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Fania.

9. How much money does Berel Bernstein earn a week?
(a) Eighteen dollars.
(b) Four dollars.
(c) Twelve dollars.
(d) Six dollars.

10. What treasured item does Sara's mother save for days when the family has visitors?
(a) A jar of pickles.
(b) A jar of jelly.
(c) A few dried herring.
(d) A load of bread.

11. How does Reb treat Bessie's guest while they are visiting?
(a) Generously.
(b) Rudely.
(c) Sadly.
(d) Kindly.

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

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

14. What is the name of the newspaper Reb writes his own ad in?
(a) Ghetto News.
(b) Russian Times.
(c) Poor Papers.
(d) Hester Street Documents.

15. How does Shenah react when she realizes that her husband has been swindled by buying the store?
(a) Confused.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Zalmon?

2. How many herring does Sara sell the first time she goes out peddling?

3. Who does Berel Bernstein end up getting engaged to?

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

5. What season does Reb say it is always in America?

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