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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Chapters 5 - 6).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "niddah" translate as?
(a) Held close.
(b) Kicked aside.
(c) Wronged.
(d) Found safely.

2. What is the Yiddish word for ghost?
(a) Martzel.
(b) Rinid.
(c) Ritzbel.
(d) Sheid.

3. Who does Bubby think people will blame for the September 11, 2001 attacks?
(a) Russians.
(b) Europeans.
(c) Arabs.
(d) Jews.

4. What does Feldman's friend who is also a teacher tell her after she has been married, unhappily, for a number of years?
(a) It is what God wants.
(b) Fate is fate.
(c) Whatever will be, will be.
(d) She can never leave because her family will disown her.

5. Which cousin does Feldman get in trouble for talking with in Chapter 2?
(a) Tevi.
(b) Chava.
(c) Roiza.
(d) Rachel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which book about an Orthodox girl who went secular did Feldman's friend lend to her in Chapter 6?

2. What does the word mekor mean?

3. What are the distinctive curls Satmar men wear on either side of their heads called?

4. Who attends Feldman at her first mikvah?

5. What do most women in Feldman's community wear on their heads?

(see the answer key)

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