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

2. How does Feldman feel about hers and Eli's sexual problems as time goes on?
(a) She feels that she may be attracted to women.
(b) She feels at first that they might be her fault.
(c) She feels that she is attracted to Eli but he is not attracted to her.
(d) She feels that Eli has a lover who is not her.

3. What does Feldman's friend who is also a teacher tell her after she has been married, unhappily, for a number of years?
(a) Fate is fate.
(b) She can never leave because her family will disown her.
(c) It is what God wants.
(d) Whatever will be, will be.

4. Why does Feldman not want her mother at her wedding?
(a) She thinks her mother will try to stop the wedding.
(b) She thinks her mother will embarrass her.
(c) She thinks her mother will try to convince her to leave the Satmar community.
(d) She thinks her mother will fight with her father.

5. Who attends Feldman at her first mikvah?
(a) Mrs. Lamanshein.
(b) Mrs. Mendelson.
(c) Mrs. Weiselbrot.
(d) Mrs. Sonder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Feldman really enjoy about her wedding day in Chapter 7?

2. What is the Yiddish greeting of congratulations?

3. What is the Yiddish word for a groom-to-be?

4. How old is Feldman when the matchmaker tries finding a suitable husband for her in earnest?

5. What pregnancy condition does Feldman develop?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Feldman feel about Eli's pleas to wait until Shabbos is over to take her to the hospital to check on the baby?

2. What is strange about Eli's relationship with his sister Shprintza?

3. What enrages Feldman about Eli on the very first full day of their marriage?

4. How does Feldman feel when she goes to her first mikvah?

5. What scandal breaks in the Satmar community during the worst possible moment for Feldman?

6. What is one explanation that Eli gives Feldman that might help explain their sexual problems?

7. What does Golda tell Feldman happened on her wedding night?

8. What happens during every holiday or special occasion during the year Feldman is engaged?

9. How does Feldman's appearance change during the early days of her marriage?

10. What is one of the most important things the kallah teacher tells Feldman?

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