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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Gimpel comes home over the weekends, what does Elka do?
(a) Make excuses to avoid sex.
(b) Leave the house.
(c) Shower Gimpel wih love.
(d) Cook Gimpel's favorite meals.

3. The day after Elka's explanation about the child, who does Gimpel visit to talk things over?
(a) The schoolmaster.
(b) The baker.
(c) The Rabbi.
(d) The townspeople.

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

5. Why are the townspeople afraid of Elka?
(a) She is prone to rages and hits people.
(b) She is bad luck.
(c) She has a fierce tongue.
(d) She is a murderess.

6. What does Gimpel say most men would do in his situation?
(a) Demand more sex from his wife.
(b) Work more.
(c) Sleep more.
(d) Take French leave and disappear.

7. What does a mid-week event allow Gimpel to do?
(a) Admit to his thieving.
(b) Get a new job.
(c) Leave Elka and marry someone else.
(d) Go home to sleep in his own bed.

8. What is the first thing Gimpel says about himself?
(a) He doesn't think himself a fool.
(b) He thinks himself a fool.
(c) He thinks himself handsome.
(d) He doesn't think himself worthy of life.

9. 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?
(a) "They are the fools."
(b) "For he who causes his neighbor to feel shame loses Paradise himself."
(c) "Whoever tries to twist you up may his nose make a twist."
(d) "To hell with THEM!"

10. Where does Gimpel live?
(a) Frampol.
(b) Warsaw.
(c) London.
(d) Berlin.

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

12. When does Gimpel receive his nickname?
(a) When he is a schoolboy.
(b) As an adult.
(c) As a baby.
(d) He doesn't have a nickname.

13. After the feast celebrating the birth of their child, what does Elka ask Gimpel?
(a) Why he is silent.
(b) If he still loves her.
(c) Why he isn't tired.
(d) If he is happy.

14. Who is the third person that Gimpel has to live with?
(a) The Farmer.
(b) The Rabbi.
(c) Elka.
(d) The Baker.

15. Who wants Gimpel to marry Elka?
(a) His parents.
(b) The Farmer.
(c) The townspeople.
(d) The Rabbi.

Short Answer Questions

1. If Elka's premarital request isn't met, what does she say can happen?

2. When the Rabbi hears what Gimpel has said about Elka's infidelity, what does he say?

3. Although he is furious, why doesn't Gimpel awaken Elka in a rage?

4. Who does Gimpel go to for advice?

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

(see the answer keys)

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