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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Gimpel want to go?
(a) To hell.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Paris.
(d) Off to another town.

2. How much time passed before the rabbis could come to a decision regarding Gimpel's situation?
(a) Six years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Nine months.
(d) Nine years.

3. What does Elka confess on her deathbed?
(a) She has always loved Gimpel.
(b) Their children are not Gimpel's.
(c) She doesn't believe in God.
(d) She has never loved Gimpel.

4. When Gimpel states that he will "never marry that whore", what do the townspeople say?
(a) That no one blames him if he doesn't want to marry Elka.
(b) That he should be glad that she's easy.
(c) That he should be ashamed of giving Elka a bad name and they can have him fined by the Rabbi.
(d) That Elka is a prostitute.

5. When Gimpel has returned home after being separated and he has completed Elka's errand, what does he ask her?
(a) Why the kids aren't in bed.
(b) If she missed him.
(c) How she has been.
(d) Where the apprentice went.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gimpel tell the Rabbi he actually saw by Elka in his bed?

2. What does Gimpel do while Elka is in childbirth?

3. What is Gimpel's response to Elka's wedding night claims?

4. Because of Gimpel's thieving, what happens to Elka?

5. Who do the townspeople say lives with Elka?

(see the answer key)

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