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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the third eldest of Joseph Hameln's siblings?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Yenta.
(c) Moses.
(d) Abraham.

2. Who was the eldest of Joseph Hameln's siblings?
(a) Moses.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Noah.

3. What did Gluckel's father trade?
(a) Precious stones.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Tea and spices.
(d) Salt.

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

5. Which of Joseph Hameln's children died at the age of fifty?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Reb Samuel.
(c) Moses.
(d) Reb Isaac.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gluckel's first husband came from a family of how many children?

2. What did the father bird do to the first bird he was taking across the stream in Gluckel's introduction to her memoirs?

3. Who was the second richest Altona Jew?

4. Where did Gluckel's family go when the Jews were expelled from her hometown?

5. Who was Gluckel's maternal grandfather?

(see the answer key)

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