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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Gimpel blame for his vengeance?
(a) Himself.
(b) The townspeople.
(c) God.
(d) Elka.

3. What does Gimpel tell the Rabbi he actually saw by Elka in his bed?
(a) A hallucination.
(b) A lump of pillows.
(c) Nothing--he made it all up.
(d) The shadow of a beam.

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

5. What is Gimpel's reasoning in the resolution that he reached while separated from his wife?
(a) If he divorces Elka she will look like the fool.
(b) What's the good of not believing? Today it's your wife you don't belive, tomorrow it's God.
(c) He will get revenge on the townspeople for making him marry Elka.
(d) If he is Christian he wont be harassed as much.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator of the story?

2. What happens while Gimpel and Elka are separated?

3. What does Elka confess on her deathbed?

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

5. After GImpel has returned from checking on the goat, how does Elka respond to Gimpel's questions?

(see the answer key)

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