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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Gluckel's father?
(a) Joseph Hameln.
(b) Lob Pinkerle.
(c) Chayim Hameln.
(d) Joseph Pinkerle.

2. How old was Gluckel when her first husband died?
(a) 44.
(b) 40.
(c) 45.
(d) 52.

3. How many children did Gluckel bear?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 11.

4. After which holiday does Gluckel's family decide to leave Hamburg in Book III?
(a) Hannukah.
(b) Passover.
(c) Yom Kippur.
(d) New Year's.

5. Where did Gluckel's family decide to go after the plague was rumored in Hamburg?
(a) Hameln.
(b) Aster.
(c) Danzig.
(d) Hanover.

6. Who was the eighth of Joseph Hameln's children?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Moses.
(c) Abraham.
(d) Yenta.

7. How old was Mata when she died?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

8. What did Bela's mother make and sell before she married?
(a) Ladies' gloves.
(b) Buttons.
(c) Gold and silver lace.
(d) Wool scarves.

9. How old was Gluckel when the German Jews were forced to leave Hamburg?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

10. How many wedding guests traveled to Gluckel's wedding in addition to Gluckel's parents?
(a) 30.
(b) 50.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

11. How many days did Gluckel's family wait for carriages to arrive to take them to Gluckel's wedding?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

12. Where did Gluckel's parents stop on their way to Hameln at Gluckel's wedding?
(a) Hanover.
(b) Cleves.
(c) Avonlea.
(d) Berlin.

13. Who was the seventh of Joseph Hameln's children?
(a) Reb Samuel.
(b) Loeb Bonn.
(c) Reb Isaac.
(d) Abraham.

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

15. Who was the fourth of Joseph Hameln's children?
(a) Yenta.
(b) Reb Samuel.
(c) Moses.
(d) Abraham.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under whose arm did Gluckel find a sore that was thought to be the plague?

2. Who was Gluckel's maternal grandfather?

3. Gluckel wrote in Book III that Judah brought them nothing, but now has how many Reichsthalers?

4. Who became pregnant at the same time that Gluckel did with her first child?

5. Who did Gluckel's family stop to visit in Hanover in Book III?

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