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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the wooden hut the family eats in during Sukkot?

2. What are all Feldman's friends waiting for at the dance in Chapter 4?

3. What makes Bubby cry while she grates it in Chapter 2?

4. What is the term for the spark Feldman's teacher tells her makes Jews irreversibly special?

5. What does Bubby buy for Feldman when she first gets her period?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Feldman surprise her English teacher in Chapter 4?

2. What does Feldman often find solace in, escaping her stifling life for a time, in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Feldman begin to become friends with Polly, a gentile? How does Feldman's friendship with Polly change the course of her life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Given Feldman's yearning for a different and more independent kind of life, why do you think she agrees to marry Eli? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the most important factors in the matchmaking process in the Satmar community? Does Feldman seem to have any faith in the matchmaking process? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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