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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Feldman ask Bubby if bad things come from?
(a) Hadid.
(b) Rashem.
(c) Radid.
(d) Hashem.

2. Who runs the shop where Feldman buys her snow cones?
(a) Mr. Mayer.
(b) Mr. Heidlebaum.
(c) Mr. Shaw.
(d) Mr. Ranson.

3. What pranks do Feldman's cousin and she play together in Chapter 3?
(a) Moving Bubby's glasses around.
(b) Prank phone calls.
(c) Moving the Talmud on Zeidy.
(d) Stealing small things from shops.

4. What is the maiden name of the teacher Feldman identifies as Satmar royalty?
(a) Rendelblat.
(b) Mindel.
(c) Rebbe.
(d) Teitelbaum.

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

6. What does Feldman say you do not have if you have no roots?
(a) No prayers.
(b) No peace.
(c) No legacy.
(d) No justice.

7. When does Shabbos last the longest?
(a) In June.
(b) In December.
(c) In March.
(d) In August.

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

9. What is the most important rule of Hasidic society in terms of addressing elders?
(a) Never look an elder directly in the eye when addressing him.
(b) Always address an elder in the third person.
(c) Always address male elders first.
(d) Always address married elders first.

10. What is the term for the spark Feldman's teacher tells her makes Jews irreversibly special?
(a) Masel Fahim.
(b) Murva Payam.
(c) Shana Purim.
(d) Tzelem Elokim.

11. What is a game that is similar to jacks?
(a) Mazellech.
(b) Ruguelech.
(c) Kugelech.
(d) Tazellech.

12. What is Feldman's grandmother's first name?
(a) Deborah.
(b) Chava.
(c) Tevi.
(d) Freida.

13. Which aunt of Feldman's controlled most of her early life?
(a) Chava.
(b) Helen.
(c) Chaya.
(d) Reyna.

14. Whose apartment is broken into in Chapter 4?
(a) Mrs. Levine's.
(b) Mr. Missel's.
(c) Mrs. Deutsch's.
(d) Mrs. Ketzel's.

15. What is the occasion of the big dance in Chapter 4?
(a) Mazel Talmud.
(b) Tov Talmud.
(c) Simchas Torah.
(d) Rimztle Torah.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bakery does Feldman's father do an odd job for?

2. What is Bubby's criticism of the Zionists?

3. Which cousin comes to stay with Bubby and Zeidy in Chapter 3?

4. Where is Feldman's summer camp?

5. Which cousin of Feldman's has a nervous breakdown as a teenager?

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