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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Zalmon's youngest child that Bessie rocks to sleep?

2. Why does Sara storm out of Mashah and Moe's home in Chapter 9?

3. How many children does Mashah have?

4. How many hours a night does Sara go to night school?

5. How many nights a week does Sara go to night school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What inspires Sara to become a teacher in Chapter 10?

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

3. How does Sara see Moe treating Mashah when she visits them after running away from home?

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Moe Mirsky continuously exchange Mashah's diamonds for different ones?

9. What does Sara's first apartment look like?

10. Why does Sara have trouble finding an apartment after running away from home?

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