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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the child named after?
(a) Gimpel's mother.
(b) Gimpel's father.
(c) Elka's father.
(d) Elka's mother.

3. What physical imperfection does Elka have?
(a) She has twelve fingers.
(b) She is missing her left arm.
(c) She walks with a limp.
(d) She can't have children.

4. How many children did Elka bear Gimpel?
(a) Six.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Sixteen.

5. What did the person do that Gimpel owes thanks to?
(a) Supply food.
(b) Find an obscure reference in Maimonides that favors Gimpel.
(c) Say extra prayers for Gimpel and his family.
(d) Admit they were wrong.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Gimpel tells the children that he saw their dead mother, how do they react?

3. What does the person Gimpel confronts tell Gimpel to do?

4. If Gimpel follows through with his plan of vengeance, what does he fear he'll lose?

5. What is Gimpel's defense against being called foolish?

(see the answer key)

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