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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does Gimpel believe Elka's story about the child?
(a) He isn't sure.
(b) Yes.
(c) Yes, but he knows he can't tell fact from fiction, so really no.
(d) No.

2. What story does Elka tell Gimpel in an attempt to convince him that the child is his?
(a) Elka's grandmother, whom she resembles, carried for the same short amount of time.
(b) An angel came to Elka in a dream and told her she would be the mother to the second coming of Christ.
(c) Gimpel was drunk one night nine months ago and came to visit her.
(d) The child has Gimpel's nose and ears.

3. When people glare at the child, what does Gimpel do?
(a) Soothes the child with coos and words of love.
(b) Punches the glaring person in the mouth.
(c) Gets the child an abracadabra.
(d) Tells the child to get used to it, for the child is a bastard.

4. What is Gimpel's reasoning for considering marrying Elka?
(a) "Waste not, want not."
(b) When you're married the husband is the master and if that's agreeable with her, it's agreeable to him too.
(c) He shouldn't be judgmental.
(d) He has heard that she is very pretty.

5. What does Gimpel steal for Elka?
(a) Baby clothes.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Food.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elka tell Gimpel has happened on their wedding night?

2. When Gimpel asks Elka about all the negative things he has heard about her and asks that she not be deceitful, what does Elka say?

3. Judging by Gimpel's description, how is Elka's current living situation?

4. While Elka is in labor, what does she scream to Gimpel?

5. Who is the third person that Gimpel has to live with?

(see the answer key)

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