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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time passed before the rabbis could come to a decision regarding Gimpel's situation?
(a) Nine years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Nine months.

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

3. On the night of Gimpel's return after a lengthy separation, what does Elka's "brother" do to Gimpel?
(a) Yells at Gimpel to leave.
(b) Jump from behind the oven and strikes him on the head.
(c) Hugs him and tells him he's glad Gimpel's home.
(d) Ties Gimpel up and threatens to kill him.

4. What does Elka confess on her deathbed?
(a) She has always loved Gimpel.
(b) She doesn't believe in God.
(c) Their children are not Gimpel's.
(d) She has never loved Gimpel.

5. What does Gimpel imagine Elka's expression says after she has passed away?
(a) "I deceived Gimpel. That was the meaning of my brief life."
(b) "I am forever sorry for what I did to you, Gimpel."
(c) "I'm dying but I'm hungry."
(d) "I always loved you."

Short Answer Questions

1. Does GImpel let himself be persuaded to do what his dream suggests?

2. In order to right his wrongfully attempted vengeance, what does Gimpel do?

3. How does Gimpel survive after leaving Frampol?

4. What does the Spirit of Evil look like?

5. What does Gimpel carry with him in his beggar's sack?

(see the answer keys)

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