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

2. Where is Feldman's summer camp?

3. Where does Bubby say all bad things come from?

4. What does Feldman say you do not have if you have no roots?

5. What is the occasion of the big dance in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens to Moshe eventually?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the specific traditions, restrictions, and requirements the Satmar community places on/and or expects women to adhere to that Feldman finds particularly infuriating or traumatic? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How would you describe Feldman's earliest relationship with and memories of each of her parents? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Feldman's cousin Moshe's attempted sexual assault of her in her grandparents' house change the way Feldman views her religion, her family, and men in general? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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