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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. What does the main character in "The Cabalist of East Broadway" say man does not live by?
(a) Emotion.
(b) Gratitude.
(c) Reason.
(d) Intelligence.

2. In "A Day in Coney Island," why does the narrator go to the cafeteria?
(a) To clean it up.
(b) To scavenge food.
(c) To visit his girlfriend.
(d) To get a job.

3. In "Three Encounters," what is the name of the woman the narrator loves?
(a) Rivkele.
(b) Rinna.
(c) Rivka.
(d) Rita.

4. In "Brother Beetle," who gives the beetle the second chance?
(a) Dosha's lover.
(b) The waiter.
(c) Dosha.
(d) The narrator.

5. In "A Day in Coney Island," why does the narrator say he left Poland?
(a) To escape the Nazis.
(b) To find his wife.
(c) To find his father.
(d) To abandon his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Joke," with whom is Bendel trying to correspond?

2. In "The Admirer," what disease does Elizabeth's stepdaughter have?

3. Where is the crown of feathers found?

4. In "Powers," what gift does the delivery boy say he has?

5. In "Passions," what is Jonathan's profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Theresa from "A Quotation from Klopstock" dies?

2. How does the narrator relate with the beetle?

3. In "A Day in Coney Island," what does the narrator do for a living?

4. In "The Yearning Heifer," why does the narrator say he knows how the yearning heifer felt?

5. What is the significance of the title of the short story called "Something Is There"?

6. In "A Dance and a Hop," how does Rachel die.

7. In "A Tale of Two Sisters," how does the narrator come to know the two sisters?

8. In "The Admirer," for what does Elizabeth apologize?

9. In "The Manuscript," when does Shibtah find her husband cheating on her?

10. In "The Power of Darkness," why is Henia so jealous?

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