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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 every Jewish girl, according to Zeidy?

2. Which cousin of Feldman's has a nervous breakdown as a teenager?

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

4. What does Bubby tell Feldman was unique about Hitler?

5. Where is Feldman's summer camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Bubby's family history?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Feldman feel about her cousin Moshe coming to stay with her at Bubby and Zeidy's at first?

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

10. What is one reason Feldman's mother tells Feldman that Zeidy had so much control over her married life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Feldman describe the way Zeidy and Bubby handle their finances and think about earning and spending money? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How and why does Feldman feel a sense of shame when she is forced to interact with gentiles outside of the Satmar community? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does the birth of Feldman's and Eli's child, Yitzy, change Feldman's life, as well as her marriage? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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