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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Zalmon?
(a) The butcher.
(b) The teacher.
(c) The fish-peddler.
(d) The cobbler.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What insult does Mother call Sara when she sees what has been done to the potatoes?

2. What is the first thing Reb sells in his newly purchased store?

3. Where does Sara find Morris Lipkin's old poems?

4. Who does Sara see Mashah bargaining with when she arrives at her home to visit?

5. What is the name of the newspaper Reb writes his own ad in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Muhmenkeh?

2. Why is Mother fretting over money at the beginning of the story?

3. Why does Bessie quietly agree to marry Zalmon despite the fact that she is repulsed by him?

4. Why do men follow Mashah around with "melting looks?"

5. Why does Zalmon wish to remarry so soon after his wife's death?

6. Why is Reb so angry with Sara at the end of Chapter 8?

7. What happens to Sara when she cleans her apartment in Chapter 10?

8. Why does Berel Bernstein decide to not marry Bessie?

9. What does Reb find in the store after he, Sara, and Shenah have gotten the chance to go through the stock?

10. Why does Sara insist that she wants to work?

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