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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 does Eli tell Feldman is his favorite holiday?

2. What ailment does Feldman have at her engagement party?

3. What kind of new kosher food do Feldman and Eli try in Chapter 7?

4. When is Feldman permitted to call Eli for a quick chat in Chapter 6?

5. What is the ritual bath designed to cleanse women after their menstruation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What scandal breaks in the Satmar community during the worst possible moment for Feldman?

2. What does Eli tell Feldman he and his father and brothers did when they took a trip to Europe?

3. How does Feldman's appearance change during the early days of her marriage?

4. What illness does Feldman contract in Chapter 7?

5. What does Feldman think of her future mother-in-law and sister-in-law when she first meets them?

6. How does Feldman feel when she goes to her first mikvah?

7. How does Feldman feel about her sexual life with Eli once they work out their initial problems?

8. What enrages Feldman about Eli on the very first full day of their marriage?

9. What does Golda tell Feldman happened on her wedding night?

10. What is one explanation that Eli gives Feldman that might help explain their sexual problems?

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

What are some of the most problematic issues in Feldman's marriage from the beginning, and how does she deal with them? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Feldman begins the memoir by recounting a lunch she has with her estranged mother after she herself leaves the Satmar community. Does Feldman feel any sense of kinship with her mother, since they are both women who left this community? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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