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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. How does Flora feel about Shaya's love of American books?
(a) Impressed.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Smitten.

2. How does Flora's father want to fix her wedding to Shaya?
(a) With a Jewish ceremony.
(b) With a divorce.
(c) With a celebration party.
(d) With prayer.

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

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

5. Who does Rouvke see escorting Hanele at the seaport?
(a) A Russian.
(b) A matchmaker.
(c) A Chinese man.
(d) A rabbi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why won't Shaya say the "Words of the Law" when the Talmudists ask him?

2. Where does Gospodin say he met Hanele?

3. In "Jake and Yekl," how does Jake plan on spending his pay?

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

5. What does Shaya secretly study after learning English?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Rouvke's life like when he first moves to the United States?

2. How does Fieve help Rouvke negotiate a marriage with Hanele?

3. How do Flora and her father disagree over her marriage prospects?

4. How does Mr. Bernstein upset Gitl?

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

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

7. How does Mrs. Kavarsky try to save Jake and Gitl's marriage?

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

9. What does Fieve tell Rouvke about Hanele and her family after he moved to the United States?

10. How does Rouvke react to the news that Hanele is engaged to someone else?

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