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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Feldman's friend Golda tell her has happened on her own wedding night?
(a) Her husband left her.
(b) Her mother died.
(c) Her husband ruptured her colon.
(d) Her father-in-law died.

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

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) Whatever will be, will be.
(b) Fate is fate.
(c) It is what God wants.
(d) She can never leave because her family will disown her.

5. Where is Chaya's new house in Chapter 6?
(a) Rishbaum Avenue.
(b) Roman Avenue.
(c) Stevuysant Avenue.
(d) Bedford Avenue.

6. What is the Yiddish word for the marriage contract?
(a) R'noyin.
(b) T'noyim.
(c) B'naith.
(d) B'show.

7. What is Eli averse to by his nature?
(a) Arguing.
(b) Flirting.
(c) Risk-taking.
(d) Playing.

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

9. What does Eli give Feldman in the yichud room?
(a) New shoes.
(b) A new dress.
(c) A diamond ring.
(d) Diamond earrings.

10. What is the test to see if a woman is clean enough for her husband after having her period in the Satmar tradition?
(a) She must have 14 clean cloths passed over her vagina after her period.
(b) She must have been secluded in a dark room for 3 days.
(c) She must be feeling completely well with no cramps.
(d) She must not have touched another woman's skin for 5 days.

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

12. Where do Feldman and Eli move when they are still pregnant?
(a) The Upper East Side.
(b) Monsey.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Miami.

13. What ailment does Feldman have at her engagement party?
(a) A stomach bug.
(b) The flu.
(c) Pinkeye.
(d) A cold.

14. How does Feldman insure she will not be menstruating on her wedding day?
(a) She takes a birth control prescription.
(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 special herbal tea to stop her menstruating.

15. What are the distinctive curls Satmar men wear on either side of their heads called?
(a) Rikos.
(b) Mikos.
(c) Payos.
(d) Mickwavhs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Feldman not want her mother at her wedding?

2. What is Eli wearing when Feldman first meets him that shocks her?

3. Why does Feldman's doctor prescribe Xanax?

4. Who is the only person allowed to see Feldman's hair after she is married?

5. When is Feldman permitted to call Eli for a quick chat in Chapter 6?

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