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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Circumstances.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Flora's father accuse Shaya of eating pork?
(a) In synagogue.
(b) At a restaurant.
(c) At home.
(d) In church.

2. What upsets Rouvke most about learning English?
(a) Other people teasing him.
(b) Trying to remember the vowel sounds.
(c) Forgetting his own language.
(d) Having to read in English.

3. How does Flora's father feel about her reading novels?
(a) It confuses him.
(b) It angers him.
(c) It frustrates him.
(d) It makes him proud.

4. Why doesn't Tatyana want Boris to read "Russian Thought"?
(a) She knows it will make him mad.
(b) She doesn't want to have a conversation about the book.
(c) She wants to spend time with him.
(d) She wants to give it to him as a gift.

5. At what type of factory does Boris work?
(a) A pearl button factory.
(b) A steel factory.
(c) A carriage factory.
(d) A tailoring factory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Feive do for a living?

2. Why does Tatyana decide not to return to Boris?

3. In Chapter 5, how does Boris feel about his job?

4. Who does Rouvke say he feels like when he sees Hanele in the United States for the first time?

5. What reminds Tatyana of Dalsky after he moves out?

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