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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. What does Tatyana remember Anna Karenina noticing about her husbands ears?

2. What does Dalsky tell Boris the reason for him moving out is?

3. What does Mrs. Avrom think about Beile's appearance as she leaves the shop?

4. How does David feel about Beile?

5. What does Tatyana do when Dalsky eats in her kitchen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What plan does Goldy come up with for her wedding?

2. How do the Lipmans treat the Avroms?

3. What does Heyman do after Beile walks out on her job at the shop?

4. What type of wedding does Nathan want?

5. How does Goldy feel after eating dinner at her wedding?

6. Why does Goldy take time off of work?

7. How does Tatyana first show Boris her irritation with him?

8. What scheme does Stern propose?

9. What happens when Goldy and Nathan leave their wedding?

10. Why does Beile decide to not sue Heyman at the end of "A Sweatshop Romance".

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

Examine the use of New York City as a setting. How does setting function as a character?

Essay Topic 3

How is dialogue used in this collection of stories? Compare how dialogue is used in at least two stories. How is the dialogue different? How is it similar? Is it used effectively? Give examples by citing the novel in your essay.

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