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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 Bubby send to Feldman at summer camp?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Menstrual pads and hair ties.
(c) Sponge cake and plums.
(d) Candy and bananas.

2. What does Zeidy buy on September 11, 2001?
(a) Curtains.
(b) A radio.
(c) A survival kit.
(d) A telephone.

3. Which character in a book does Feldman identify with strongly in the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Reyna.
(b) Francie.
(c) Freida.
(d) Jo.

4. What are all Feldman's friends waiting for at the dance in Chapter 4?
(a) The Rebbe's dance.
(b) The trying on of the dresses.
(c) The release of the wine.
(d) The giving away of the candy.

5. Where is the tiny bookstore Feldman often goes to in Chapter 1?
(a) New Bedford Place.
(b) Synge Street.
(c) New Brunswick Avenue.
(d) New Utrecht Avenue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Zeidy's rabbis and teachers praise him for?

2. What activity does Feldman like to do with her cousin Mimi in Chapter 1?

3. What is the Yiddish word for community?

4. Who does Feldman finally tell about her cousin's attempt to assault her?

5. In the end of Chapter 3, what book does Feldman fall in love with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the summer camp counselors react when they find out Feldman and Golda are in the secluded field together, and why?

2. What happens to Feldman in Chapter 3 when she goes to get a snow cone one day?

3. Who took control of Feldman's life when her mother left her father for good, and how did this person treat Feldman?

4. What does Feldman think the first time she gets her period?

5. How does Zeidy react when he hears Feldman talking to her cousins in English?

6. What does Chaya do in front of Feldman when Feldman helps clean her apartment as a child that Feldman is in awe of?

7. What is one reason Feldman's mother tells Feldman that Zeidy had so much control over her married life?

8. How does Feldman feel about school as a young child?

9. What does Bubby explain to Feldman is the source of all bad things?

10. How did Chaya generally treat Feldman's mother when she came to visit Feldman when Feldman was a child?

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