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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 type of wedding does Nathan want?

2. Why does Goldy hear voices in the walls in her new apartment?

3. Why does Boris want to take in a boarder?

4. What does Tatyana suggest she and Boris do in a note?

5. Why does Tatyana consider returning to Boris?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of "A Sweatshop Romance," what is Beile's relationship with Heyman like?

2. How does Nathan feel about his financial situation?

3. How does Beile respond to Mrs. Lipman's demand that she go to the store?

4. How does Tatyana treat Boris when he comes home from work in Chapter 1?

5. How does Tatyana compare Boris and Dalsky?

6. What is Goldy and Nathan's apartment like?

7. Why does Goldy take time off of work?

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

9. What is the Lipmans' shop like?

10. What is Tatyana's life like without Boris?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the collection. How do these stories work together? What message does the author deliver when you consider the book in its entirety?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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