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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is the child's favorite person?
(a) Elka.
(b) Gimpel.
(c) Tha Baker.
(d) The Rabbi.

4. What does a mid-week event allow Gimpel to do?
(a) Admit to his thieving.
(b) Leave Elka and marry someone else.
(c) Go home to sleep in his own bed.
(d) Get a new job.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After his parents, who does Gimpel go to live with?

2. After wanting to go home mid-week, who does Gimpel go to for advice?

3. Who beats up on Gimpel?

4. Why are the townspeople afraid of Elka?

5. What does the Rabbi's daughter make Gimpel do?

(see the answer key)

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