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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rouvke threaten to do to Gospodin?
(a) Beat him up.
(b) Steal his money.
(c) Call the police.
(d) Kidnap Hanele.

2. Where does Rouvke learn to read and write in English?
(a) An American high school.
(b) Night school.
(c) From reading newspapers.
(d) From a friend.

3. Why does Flora's father decide to grow out his side locks?
(a) Because he is bored.
(b) Because the preacher told him to.
(c) Because he is wicked.
(d) Because Tamara asked him.

4. Who tells Gitl about Jake's relationship with Mamie?
(a) Fanny.
(b) Mrs. Kavarsky.
(c) Mamie.
(d) Mr. Bernstein.

5. What does Rouvke want to do instead of being a peddler?
(a) Open his own store.
(b) Study the law.
(c) Move back home.
(d) Write his own newspaper.

6. What does Rouvke fear ladies do to men who can't read the newspaper?
(a) They spit on them.
(b) They don't take them seriously.
(c) They sneer.
(d) They ignore them.

7. What is Rouvke's first job in America?
(a) A peddler.
(b) A cobbler.
(c) A factory worker.
(d) A soldier.

8. What does Mrs. Kavarsky insist Jake buy for Getl?
(a) A handbag.
(b) A scarf.
(c) A hat.
(d) Shoes.

9. How much money does Rouvke save by the time he is 25?
(a) Three thousand dollars.
(b) One thousand dollars.
(c) Four thousand dollars.
(d) Two thousand dollars.

10. How does Reb Tzalel feel about Shaya coming to America?
(a) He believes Shaya will earn more money.
(b) He refuses to share his opinion.
(c) He feels it will ruin the boy.
(d) He thinks it's best for his faith.

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

12. What type of Yiddish does Jake speak?
(a) New York.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) Boston.
(d) Traditional.

13. Why does Reb Tzalel feel Shaya is becoming an atheist?
(a) He was kissing a girl.
(b) He was reading Dickens.
(c) He was speaking fluent English.
(d) He was smoking a cigarette.

14. Why does Shaya ask Flora for help with his English?
(a) Because his tutor quit.
(b) Because people can't understand him.
(c) Because he wants to get to know her better.
(d) Because she knows the current slang.

15. What does Rouvke ask his mother to tell him about when he is first in the United States?
(a) Rouvke doesn't talk to his mother at first.
(b) Details from Hanele's life.
(c) Gossip from their town.
(d) Major world events.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Flora reading in Chapter One of "The Imported Bridegroom"?

2. Where does Flora's father accuse Shaya of eating pork?

3. How do Jake's parents contact him in the United States?

4. What does Jake do when he realizes he can no longer remember his son's face?

5. Why does Yossele kick Jake after arriving in the United States?

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