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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. How old is Flora in "The Imported Bridegroom"?

2. What does Flora say to Shaya the first time he kisses her?

3. How does Getl feel the first time she tries on a corset?

4. Why does Getl not want to ride in a carriage in the United States?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How do Rouvke's old townspeople feel about him?

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

7. How does Jake feel at his divorce hearing?

8. How does Rouvke feel about American women?

9. How does Mr. Bernstein upset Gitl?

10. What role does Mrs. Kohan play in Rouvke's marriage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two or three stories that look at issues relating to a "generation gap." What problems does this gap cause? Is there a resolution? What would it take to resolve the gap?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast two of the stories from this collection.

Essay Topic 3

Describe how education is a theme presented in several of the stories in this collection. Cite examples of the theme in a few stories. How is this theme important to each story? What does the theme of education add to the collection? What does it say about the author?

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