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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What evidence does Gimpel give that the child is not his?
(a) Gimpel and Elka had not had sex.
(b) The child looks nothing like him.
(c) The child was born 17 weeks after their wedding.
(d) Gimpel is infertile.

2. Where does Gimpel want to go?
(a) Paris.
(b) To hell.
(c) Off to another town.
(d) Berlin.

3. What happens mid-week at the bakery?
(a) Gimpel is caught stealing bread.
(b) The oven bursts and almost causes a fire.
(c) Gimpel gets fired from his job.
(d) Gimpel meets a new love interest.

4. What is evident when Gimpel visits Elka?
(a) She secretly loves him.
(b) She already knows who he is.
(c) She is surprised to see him.
(d) She doesn't like him.

5. Where are Gimpel and Elka married?
(a) Their new house.
(b) The bakery.
(c) The synagogue.
(d) The cemetery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gimpel say most men would do in his situation?

2. What does the Rabbi's daughter make Gimpel do?

3. What does Elka want before agreeing to marry Gimpel?

4. What is Gimpel's profession?

5. What honor and ritual is Gimpel responsible for at the birth celebration?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the messenger that Gimpel uses to send his family supplies during his separation from his family.

2. What does the Spirit of Evil say about God and the afterlife?

3. While on her deathbed, what does Elka ask of Gimpel and why?

4. Where are Gimpel and Elka married, and why?

5. After much consideration, what does the rabbi say to Gimpel regarding Elka's infidelity?

6. How is Elka abusive towards Gimpel?

7. After months of separation, who does Gimpel confront the day after his return and what is said?

8. What does Gimpel think when he sees the baby crib?

9. What happens four months after the wedding and how does Gimpel react?

10. Who is the second person to appear to Gimpel while he is sleeping, and how does that person look?

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