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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 Boris say his plan to get out of the factory relies on?

2. Why do Boris and Tatyana move to New York?

3. Why does Tatyana decide to write Boris a note?

4. Why does Tatyana decide not to return to Boris?

5. In "A Ghetto Wedding," what wedding presents does the narrator say usually arrive before the wedding?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Tatyana write in a note to Boris?

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

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

5. What do the workers in the Lipmans' shop argue about?

6. How does Nathan feel about his financial situation?

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

8. What presents do Goldy and Nathan receive before their wedding?

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

10. How does Heyman feel about proposing to Beile?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is pride a theme examined in this collection? What message is presented about pride? Cite the text to support your theory about pride.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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