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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What "provides all we need to find and learn the journey through this world to the next," according to Gluckel in her introduction to the memoirs?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Torah.
(c) God.
(d) Our parents.

2. How did Gluckel's maternal grandfather die?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Plague.
(c) Fire.
(d) Flood.

3. In what language were the diaries originally written?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) Yiddish.
(c) French.
(d) German.

4. What did the father bird do to the first bird he was taking across the stream in Gluckel's introduction to her memoirs?
(a) Kissed it.
(b) Abandoned it.
(c) Drowned it.
(d) Saved it.

5. How old was Gluckel when she was married?
(a) 17.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Gluckel's family return to Hameln?

2. What was the name of Chayim Hameln's father?

3. Under whose rule did the Jews settle in Altona?

4. Who wrote the introduction to the book?

5. How old was Gluckel when she died?

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