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

2. What is Elka's response to Gimpel's evidence that the child is not his?
(a) Gimpel was wrong about being infertile.
(b) The child is his; it was just a premature birth.
(c) The child has Gimpel's nose.
(d) She reiterates that Gimpel knew she was pregnant before he married her.

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

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

5. What wedding gift made Gimpel suspicious?
(a) A crib.
(b) Arsenic.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A shovel and a set of knives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening as Gimpel walks to Elka's house?

2. How does Gimpel begin to forget his sorrow?

3. The day after Elka's explanation about the child, who does Gimpel visit to talk things over?

4. What evidence does Gimpel give that the child is not his?

5. After hearing of Elka's infidelity, what does the Rabbi tell Gimpel to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Gimpel first visits Elka at her house, what does Elka say to Gimpel and what does she demand before agreeing to marriage?

2. What happens when Gimpel returns from checking on the goat?

3. What does Gimpel do to right his wrongful plot of revenge?

4. What does Gimpel ask of Elka when he first visits her at her house?

5. What happens nine months after Gimpel and Elka are separated?

6. After claiming he has made a mistake about what he saw at home in Chapter 2, what must happen regarding the rabbi, and what is Gimpel allowed to do?

7. What occurs during Gimpel's wedding?

8. Briefly describe how Gimpel is talked into meeting Elka.

9. After righting his revenge plot, what does Gimpel do when he returns home?

10. After the first childbirth, how does Gimpel feel about Elka and what does he do for her?

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