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

2. Who is the principal of Feldman's school in Chapter 1?

3. Why does Feldman's cousin say she cannot eat the chocolate Stephanie gives her?

4. What is a game that is similar to jacks?

5. What bakery does Feldman's father do an odd job for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is Bubby's family history?

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

9. What happens to Moshe eventually?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the reasons that so many members of the Satmar community seem to have problems related to emotional and sexual health? 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

Feldman notes that various people responding to her anonymous blog posts warn her that she will almost certainly not be allowed to keep custody of her young son if she leaves the Satmar community, but at the end of the book, she and her son Yitzy leave her husband Eli and are living happily by themselves in New York City. Do you think Feldman adequately explains the results of her severing her ties with the Satmar community and with her husband Eli? Why or why not? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.

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