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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. About how many people are in Sara's night school classes?
(a) Fourty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Fifty.

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

5. What is the name of the place Sara goes to for cheap meals in a nice environment?
(a) Empire State Eatery.
(b) Broadway Boogie Bakery.
(c) Grand Street Cafeteria.
(d) Times Square Luncheon.

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

7. What bad habit does Abe Schmukler have?
(a) He is an alcoholic.
(b) He is a gambler.
(c) He is a smoker.
(d) He is a womanizer.

8. What is the name of Morris Lipkin's collection of poems?
(a) Verses of our Soverign.
(b) Ballads of Bravery.
(c) Poems of Poverty.
(d) Songs of Life.

9. What does Sara take with her when she runs away from home?
(a) A single bundle.
(b) A small knapsack.
(c) A large suitcase.
(d) A wooden chest.

10. What instrument does Mashah's first true love play?
(a) The drums.
(b) The piano.
(c) The saxophone.
(d) The flute.

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

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

13. Who is Mashah's first true love?
(a) Moe Mirsky.
(b) Jacob Novak.
(c) Berel Bernstein.
(d) Morris Lipkin.

14. What insult does Mother call Sara when she sees what has been done to the potatoes?
(a) Traitor!
(b) Liar!
(c) Bandit!
(d) Low life!

15. How much money does Zalmon pay Reb for Bessie's hand in marriage?
(a) Five hundred dollars.
(b) Two hundred dollars.
(c) Three hundred dollars.
(d) Fifty dollars.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is inside most of the boxes in the store Reb buys?

3. Why does Sara take the pail and go outside to dig through the neighbor's ashes?

4. Who does Mr. Moe Mirsky marry?

5. What job does Sara have to support herself while she goes to night school?

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