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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Short Friday," where does Shmul end up in the end?
(a) Paradise.
(b) Purgatory.
(c) Hell.
(d) The hereafter.

2. In "Tiabel and Her Demon," how does Tiabel feel when she learns Alchanon died?
(a) Happy.
(b) Confused.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

3. In The Slaughterer, why does Meir not become the next rabbi?
(a) Political dealings.
(b) He fell ill.
(c) There were questions of his virility.
(d) He failed his test.

4. In "The Last Demon," what kind of feet does the imp have?
(a) Good feet.
(b) Duck feet.
(c) Chicken feet.
(d) Pheasant feet.

5. In "Henne Fire," what does Hennerly's husband make for a living?
(a) Dresses.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Barrels.
(d) Sieves.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Joy," what ceremony is Bainish avoiding?

2. In "Zeidel the Pope," how does Zeidel lose his bag of coins?

3. In "The Spinoza of Market Street," what does Nahum think emotions cause?

4. In "Joy," what is Bainish's wife expecting him to do?

5. In "Zeidel the Pope," what is Zeidel's greatest pleasure?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Unseen," on what does Nathan blame his fall from grace?

2. What does Zorach say about death at the end of "The Séance"?

3. In "Alone," how did the desk clerk become a hunchback?

4. In "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy," what does Avigdor name his first child, and why?

5. In "Short Friday," how does Shmul get to Paradise?

6. In "Gimpel the Fool," what does Gimpel learn on his wife's deathbed?

7. In "The Cafeteria," how does Aaron first meet Esther?

8. What does Nahum from "The Spinoza of Market Street" think makes him a fool?

9. In "The Letter Writer," how was Herman saved?

10. How did Esther in "The Cafeteria" die?

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