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

2. The women of the family are not allowed to put their items where?
(a) Father's room.
(b) Mother's cupboard.
(c) Mashah's closet.
(d) Sara's toy box.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Moe treat Mashah while Sara is visiting them?

2. How much does Mashah spend at the store buying her own towel, toothbrush, and soap?

3. How does Reb treat Bessie's guest while they are visiting?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Morris shows up to try to talk to Reb about his feelings for Fania?

2. What steps do Shenah and Sara take to restock the store that Reb bought?

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

4. Why does Sara vow to marry an American-born man?

5. What are in the three packages Bessie brings home after work to dress up the house with?

6. How do customers react when they are turned away by the Smolinksy family due to lack of stock in the store?

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

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

9. What excuse does Bessie use in her defense when her mother comes into the house and sees the changes she makes?

10. How does Bessie's personality change after she marries Zalmon the fish peddler?

(see the answer keys)

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