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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the feast celebrating the birth of their child, what does Elka ask Gimpel?
(a) Why he isn't tired.
(b) If he is happy.
(c) If he still loves her.
(d) Why he is silent.

2. Traditionally, what were husbands supposed to do while their wives were in childbirth?
(a) Hold the wife's hand while she screamed.
(b) Wait outside the birthing quarters and pray.
(c) Visit the Rabbi.
(d) Visit the House of Prayer and repeat psalms.

3. What happens when the sexton announces the birth of Gimpel's child at the synagogue?
(a) Gimpel is deafened with sobbing.
(b) The House of Prayer rings with laughter.
(c) There is silence.
(d) The congregation cheers.

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

5. The morning after Gimpel has returned home from a long separation from Elka, who does Gimpel confront?
(a) The rabbi.
(b) The "brother."
(c) The apprentice.
(d) Elka.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who follows Gimpel to Elka's house?

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

3. When presented with accusations of infidelity, what does Elka do?

4. Where are Gimpel and Elka married?

5. When he visits Elka's house, what takes Gimpel's breath away?

(see the answer key)

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