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

2. What happens to the dress Bessie puts on for her visitor?
(a) The dress gets a stain.
(b) The dress gets torn.
(c) The dress shrinks.
(d) The dress wrinkles.

3. What happens when Sara cleans the window in her her dingy apartment and sticks her head outside?
(a) A family stops by and begs for money.
(b) A bird lands on her head.
(c) The neighbors drop potato peels on her.
(d) She is yelled at by her land lady.

4. How many nights a week does Sara go to night school?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Sara's older sister who only concerns herself with fashion and beauty?

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

3. How many hours a night does Sara dedicate to her night school studies?

4. Why is Bessie the last of the older sister siblings to find a man?

5. What item does Sara go to fetch once Bessie's visitor arrives?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mashah's behavior change when she falls in love with her young man?

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

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

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

5. How does Reb react when he finds out how Morris Lipkin makes his living?

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

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

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

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

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

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