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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 language does Feldman speak with her grandparents at home?
(a) German.
(b) Slovenian.
(c) Yiddish.
(d) Italian.

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

3. What makes Bubby cry while she grates it in Chapter 2?
(a) Horseradish.
(b) Onions.
(c) Carrots.
(d) Liverwurst.

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

5. What is every Jewish girl, according to Zeidy?
(a) The daughter of a king.
(b) A curse.
(c) A dowry waiting to be paid.
(d) A blessing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bubby tell Feldman was unique about Hitler?

2. Where is Feldman's summer camp?

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

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

5. Who does Bubby think people will blame for the September 11, 2001 attacks?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where does Feldman feel most comfortable and loved when she is a child?

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

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

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

9. How does Feldman feel about her cousin Moshe coming to stay with her at Bubby and Zeidy's at first?

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

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