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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Elka's response to Gimpel's evidence that the child is not his?
(a) The child is his; it was just a premature birth.
(b) Gimpel was wrong about being infertile.
(c) The child has Gimpel's nose.
(d) She reiterates that Gimpel knew she was pregnant before he married her.

2. What do Gimpel and Elka have in common?
(a) They love each other.
(b) They both smell bad.
(c) They are both orphans.
(d) They both have children.

3. Who beats up on Gimpel?
(a) Elka.
(b) Elka's "little brother"/bastard.
(c) The baker.
(d) The townspeople.

4. Who is Gimpel told he owes thanks to?
(a) The Yanover rabbi.
(b) The baker.
(c) The farmer.
(d) Elka.

5. At the end of Elka's life, what does Gimpel spend a fortune on?
(a) Expensive clothing and housewares.
(b) Toys for his children.
(c) Food.
(d) Healers and doctors for Elka.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice is given to Gimpel regarding Elka's explanation about the child?

2. When the rabbi sends for Gimpel, after a long separation from Elka, what does the rabbi ask?

3. After seeing the suspicious wedding gift, what is Gimpel's resolution?

4. Instead of raisins, what do the other children put in Gimpel's hand?

5. What is Gimpel's reasoning in the resolution that he reached while separated from his wife?

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