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

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

3. What is the term for the spark Feldman's teacher tells her makes Jews irreversibly special?
(a) Shana Purim.
(b) Masel Fahim.
(c) Murva Payam.
(d) Tzelem Elokim.

4. Which camp counselor accosts Feldman and her friend at summer camp?
(a) Mrs. Handel.
(b) Mrs. Weisselbaum.
(c) Mirs. Mendel.
(d) Mrs. Halberstam.

5. What kind of infestation does Feldman's childhood home have?
(a) Robins.
(b) Termites.
(c) Mice.
(d) Cockroaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the girls at Feldman's school get their nice clothes from?

2. Which aunt of Feldman's controlled most of her early life?

3. Who runs the shop where Feldman buys her snow cones?

4. What kind of medical professional does Feldman see as a child on Chaya's advice?

5. Who does Feldman get in trouble with at summer camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to a group of young men who rob a neighbor in Feldman's neighborhood in Chapter 4?

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

3. Why does Feldman think people employ her father in odd jobs?

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

5. What is Feldman's impression of her father when she is a young girl?

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Feldman feel in Chapter 4 that everything is working against her in life?

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