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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who always says Feldman has excellent taste?
(a) Chaya.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Bubby.
(d) Zeidy.

2. What tendency of Bubby's did Feldman inherit?
(a) Open-heartedness.
(b) Optimism.
(c) Pessimism.
(d) Superstition.

3. What is the ritual bath designed to cleanse women after their menstruation?
(a) Rokvah.
(b) Hokvah.
(c) Mikvah.
(d) Rikva.

4. When will Feldman and Eli be officially married in Chapter 7?
(a) When the chuppah ceremony concludes.
(b) When Feldman's father gives her away.
(c) When her sister throws the bouquet.
(d) When Eli breaks a glass.

5. What does Feldman think could afford her a brighter future in the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Money.
(b) Connections.
(c) Finding better favor with Chaya.
(d) Freedom from Eli's watchful eyes.

6. Who teaches Feldman how to drive?
(a) Nick.
(b) Dave.
(c) Steve.
(d) Ethan.

7. What special ceremony involves raising the baby on a platter?
(a) Kohain.
(b) Gelmain.
(c) Shia.
(d) Shabbos.

8. Why does Eli tell Feldman he always wanted a son?
(a) So he could teach the boy his own business.
(b) So he could name the boy after his father.
(c) So he could give the boy everything his father never gave him.
(d) So his family would finally respect him.

9. What is the Yiddish word for wigmaker?
(a) Sheitelmacher.
(b) Baummacher.
(c) Reinmacher.
(d) Mastermacher.

10. How does Feldman insure she will not be menstruating on her wedding day?
(a) She takes special herbal tea to stop her menstruating.
(b) She eats very little in the weeks leading up to the wedding to stop menstruating.
(c) She sets the date at a time when she knows she will not be menstruating.
(d) She takes a birth control prescription.

11. What languages does Bubby sometimes combine?
(a) Hungarian and Yiddish.
(b) Yiddish and Polish.
(c) English and Polish.
(d) Polish and Hungarian.

12. What field does Feldman work in when she is 17?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Law.
(d) Medicine.

13. What does the kibbalist tell Feldman about her matchmaker?
(a) She is dead.
(b) She is unhappy because she said she did not get paid enough from Eli's mother.
(c) She has resigned.
(d) She has moved out the country.

14. What is the Yiddish word for a groom-to-be?
(a) Kallah.
(b) Chassan.
(c) Mikvah.
(d) Rikin.

15. What does Feldman's mother-in-law tell her that shocks her in Chapter 7?
(a) Eli does not want to come home to her any more and he does not want to talk to her.
(b) Eli is broke.
(c) Eli is too religious for Feldman's family.
(d) Eli is gay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the test to see if a woman is clean enough for her husband after having her period in the Satmar tradition?

2. What kinds of clothes do Feldman's family buy for her while the matchmaker is actively looking for a match for her?

3. What branch of the Satmar community is Eli from?

4. What is the Yiddish greeting of congratulations?

5. Where is Feldman's b'show held?

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