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

2. What does Flora's father hope her future husband will do for a living?

3. What does Flora's father tell Reb Lippe about Shaya when they leave for America?

4. How does Flora's father want to fix her wedding to Shaya?

5. In "A Providential Match," who comes up with the nickname "Arbel"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Jake feel at his divorce hearing?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the endings of several of these stories. What purpose does each ending serve? How does this collection ignore the idea of resolving a conflict, or having a happy ending? Why do you think the author did this?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Select three titles from this collection and analyze the effectiveness and purpose of each title. Use examples of how it is effective by referring to the novel in your essay.

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