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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Gimpel live with Elka?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Fifty years.
(c) Two months.
(d) A century.

2. What does the delivery person say about Gimpel's family?
(a) Gimpel's family is too small.
(b) Gimpel has a decent wife and two fine kids that he doesn't deserve.
(c) Gimpel's family doesn't deserve all the food that Gimpel sends.
(d) Gimpel's family smells bad.

3. In order to avoid a scandal, what does Gimpel do?
(a) Breaks free of his constraints and ties up the "brother" instead.
(b) Tells Elka to run away in the night.
(c) Heads to the temple.
(d) Calms Elka down.

4. As Gimpel ages, what does he say he comes to understand?
(a) He has passed his test.
(b) He should've left his hometown long ago.
(c) There really are no lies.
(d) Elka wronged him.

5. At the end of the story, how does Gimpel say the afterlife will be?
(a) A craps shoot.
(b) Real, without ridicule, complication or deception.
(c) A burning pit just as the Spirit of Evil said.
(d) A relief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gimpel tell the children to do before he leaves town?

2. What does Gimpel do during his travels?

3. How does Gimpel survive after leaving Frampol?

4. Initially, what does Gimpel want to do to the Spirit of Evil?

5. When Gimpel awakens after dreaming of Elka, what mementos does he have?

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