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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. Why does Feldman's cousin say she cannot eat the chocolate Stephanie gives her?
(a) It is poisonous.
(b) It is not really Kosher.
(c) It was produced using slave labor.
(d) Feldman is allergic to it.

2. Why are the camp counselors so mad at Feldman and her friend in Chapter 3?
(a) They think they were trying to do prayers on their own.
(b) They think they stole from the camp.
(c) They think they were doing sexual things together.
(d) They think they were trying to run away.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Feldman ask Bubby if bad things come from?

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

3. Who was King David's ill-gotten wife?

4. What is the most important rule of Hasidic society in terms of addressing elders?

5. What is the Yiddish word for ghost?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is summer camp ruined in Chapter 3 for Feldman?

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

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

5. Why does Feldman interview her mother on the eve of her own twenty-fourth birthday?

6. What is Bubby's family history?

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

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

9. How does Feldman feel when her principal at Satmar school sends her home for breaking the modesty rules?

10. What happens between Moshe and Feldman in the wine cellar in Chapter 3?

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