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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. Why does Getl get a kerchief?

2. Why does Flora have Tamara send food to Shaya?

3. In "The New York Ghetto," why does Joe want Jake to talk to Mamie?

4. Where does Flora's father announce he will travel after Passover?

5. Why does Rouvke avoid women when he is first in the United States?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Jake say he did when he came to the United States?

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

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

5. Why is Flora disappointed at the end of "The Imported Bridegroom"?

6. What does Jake think about as he goes to the Mayor's to marry Mamie?

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

8. What does Flora do when Shaya listens to her play the piano?

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

10. How does Jake feel at his divorce hearing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the theme of Jewish identity throughout these stories. How does Jewish identity stay the same? Does it change? If so, how?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast at least two protagonists from this collection of stories. Explain why you think they are similar and different, using the book to support your place.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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