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Bread Givers
Anzia Yezierska
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Sara Smolinsky
Reb Smolinsky
Bessie Smolinsky
Mashah Smolinsky
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Analysis of Major Characters Quiz
1
of 5
What briefly inspired Sara when she was younger?
Monetary success
Her mother's devotion
Morris Lipkin's poetry
Shabbat prayer
2
of 5
What does Sara protest to a restaurant cook about?
Getting the wrong order
Getting less food
Being ignored
Getting food poisoning
3
of 5
Reb Smolinsky's book knowledge mistakenly leads him to believe that he is also knowledgeable in what?
Mathematics
Food preparation
Matchmaking
The outside world
4
of 5
What profession does Zalmon, Bessie's husband, work in?
Fish peddler
Tailor
Newspaper writer
Jeweler
5
of 5
Sara says early on that Mashah feeds off of ___ the way that other people feed off of food.
Sun
Beauty
Alcohol
Adventure
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