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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What worries Flora most about marrying Shaya?
(a) He isn't tall enough.
(b) He may go home.
(c) He may never learn English.
(d) He may become a rabbi.

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

3. Why does Getl get a kerchief?
(a) To give it to Jake.
(b) To cover her lap.
(c) To dry her tears.
(d) To replace her wig.

4. What does Rouvke change his name to in America?
(a) Robert.
(b) Aaron.
(c) Richard.
(d) Andrew.

5. Where does Gospodin say he met Hanele?
(a) At college.
(b) Before they left the dock.
(c) In steerage.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Kavarsky insist Jake buy for Getl?

2. What type of Yiddish does Jake speak?

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

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

5. Why does Tamara live with Flora's family?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Fanny and Mamie have a conflict with each other?

2. How does Rouvke feel about Peretz's financial issues?

3. What does Hanele tell Rouvke about her trip to the United States?

4. What is Flora's father's first impression of Pravly when he returns there in Chapter Three of "The Imported Bridegroom"?

5. What happens when Flora's father hears the sermon in Chapter Two of "The Imported Bridegroom"?

6. What happens when Reb Lippe auctions off sections of the Pentaleuch to read?

7. Why does Mamie want Jake to go to Philadelphia?

8. How does Gitl try to fit in with American culture?

9. How does Jake finally decide to bring his wife and son to the United States?

10. How does Flora's father end up bringing Shaya back to the United States?

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