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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 sort of woman does Zalmon want to marry?
(a) A young woman.
(b) He does not wish to remarry.
(c) A middle aged woman.
(d) An old woman.

2. How much does Mashah spend at the store buying her own towel, toothbrush, and soap?
(a) Fifty cents.
(b) Thirty cents.
(c) Eighty cents.
(d) Twenty cents.

3. Who does Mr. Moe Mirsky marry?
(a) Mashah.
(b) Fania.
(c) Sara.
(d) Bessie.

4. What is the name of Sara's older sister who only concerns herself with fashion and beauty?
(a) Mashah.
(b) Fania.
(c) Shenah.
(d) Bessie.

5. What job does Sara have to support herself while she goes to night school?
(a) She works as a street sweeper.
(b) She works as a baker's apprentice.
(c) She works as an ironer.
(d) She works as a waitress.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Sara in Chapter 8?

2. How much money did Zalmon get from the lodges for his wife's death?

3. How much money does Berel Bernstein earn a week?

4. Why does Reb complain after two of his daughters have been married off?

5. How many children does Zalmon have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Father get arrested and sent to court?

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

3. Why does Reb not like the grocery business?

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

5. Who is Muhmenkeh?

6. For what reason does the man in the paper sell Reb his store for only four hundred dollars?

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

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

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

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

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