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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. How old was Feldman's father when he married her mother?

2. What is Feldman's father's name?

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

4. What is the highest attainment for a young woman in Feldman's community?

5. What is Bubby's criticism of the Zionists?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the summer camp counselors react when they find out Feldman and Golda are in the secluded field together, and why?

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

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

4. What is Bubby's family history?

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

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

7. What happens between Moshe and Feldman in the wine cellar in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Feldman learn about both herself and the world around her after she begins writing about deeply personal issues on her anonymous blog towards the end of the memoir? 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

How does Feldman's serious car accident affect her major life decisions from that point forward? What do the bald tires tell her about the state of her relationship with Eli? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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