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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Gimpel bluntly states that Elka has borne a bastard, what does Elka claim?
(a) Gimpel is the father.
(b) Gimpel knew she was pregnant when he married her.
(c) She has borne the new Jesus.
(d) The child is a miracle from God.

2. Where does Gimpel sleep during the week?
(a) The pub.
(b) The synagogue.
(c) The bakery.
(d) The barn.

3. What does Gimpel do while Elka is in childbirth?
(a) Visits the House of Prayer and repeats psalms.
(b) Waits outside the birthing quarters and prays.
(c) Holds Elka's hand while she screams.
(d) Visits the Rabbi.

4. What is said about Elka at the wedding ceremony?
(a) She smells bad.
(b) She isn't fit to be wed.
(c) She is both a widow and divorced.
(d) She doesn't really love Gimpel.

5. How does Gimpel survive after leaving Frampol?
(a) Through good people who do not neglect him.
(b) By sheepherding.
(c) Through the help of the synagogue.
(d) By scamming people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a mid-week event allow Gimpel to do?

2. What happens when the sexton announces the birth of Gimpel's child at the synagogue?

3. Why does Elka make her deathbed confession?

4. What does the rabbi tell Gimpel he can do regarding his marriage?

5. Why are the townspeople afraid of Elka?

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