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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What ultimately happens to Elka?
(a) She runs off.
(b) She becomes ill.
(c) She goes insane.
(d) She leaves Gimpel.

3. How are Elka's premarital demands met?
(a) Gimpel takes a mistress.
(b) Gimpel builds a new house.
(c) The townspeople take up a collection.
(d) Gimpel buys a dog.

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 has heard that she is very pretty.
(d) He shouldn't be judgmental.

5. How does Elka look when Gimpel visits her home?
(a) She is still in her flannel pajamas with her hair all messy.
(b) She is naked.
(c) She is barefoot, wearing a worn plush gown with her hair in braids.
(d) She is dressed in red silk and preparing tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elka do ten times a day?

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

3. Gimpel states that, "All kinds of things happened," but what else does he say about these events?

4. What do Gimpel and Elka have in common?

5. What does Gimpel say about his ability to fight back?

(see the answer key)

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