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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Gluckel's family stop to visit in Hanover in Book III?
(a) Moshe Hameln.
(b) Joshua Hameln.
(c) Abraham Hameln.
(d) Joseph Hameln.

2. Where did Joseph Hameln set up Yenta and his bride?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Hameln.
(c) Danzig.
(d) Hanover.

3. How old was Mata when she died?
(a) 76.
(b) 74.
(c) 34.
(d) 78.

4. Who was the sixth of Joseph Hameln's children?
(a) Bela.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Hendele.
(d) Esther.

5. Who was the second richest Altona Jew?
(a) Alexander Hurst.
(b) Chayim Hameln.
(c) Lob Pinkerle.
(d) Chayim Furst.

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

7. Where did a rule exist that caused Jews who died there to forfeit all their possessions?
(a) Hanover.
(b) Zieg Fair.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Leipzig Fair.

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

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

10. Who was the ninth of Joseph Hameln's children?
(a) Moses.
(b) Chayim.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Abraham.

11. Where did Gluckel's family go when the Jews were expelled from her hometown?
(a) Hanover.
(b) Hameln.
(c) Danzig.
(d) Altona.

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

13. Where was Gluckel's maternal grandfather from?
(a) Hanover.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Hameln.
(d) Detmold.

14. Who was the fifth of Joseph Hameln's children?
(a) Yenta.
(b) Moses.
(c) Reb Isaac.
(d) Reb Samuel.

15. To whom was Gluckel's sister betrothed?
(a) Moshe Sneider.
(b) Reb Heinz.
(c) Reb Anders.
(d) Reb Gumpel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much was the dowry of Gluckel's sister?

2. How many days did Gluckel's family wait for carriages to arrive to take them to Gluckel's wedding?

3. Who fell upon hard times in Poland who was helped by Joseph until being enticed by unfulfilled promises in Hameln?

4. To whom was Yenta Hameln betrothed?

5. With whom did Gluckel's family form a partnership only to dissolve it a year later because he did not put up the money agreed upon?

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