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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Inside Motel's shop, the villagers are gathered to see ______________.
(a) The used sewing machine that just arrived.
(b) Motel and Tzeitel's new baby.
(c) Tzeitel's new dress.
(d) Motel and Tzeitel's new flower stand.

2. Some time after the wedding and the ruckus created by Russian soldiers, Tevye sits outside his home, talking to God. What does he start out talking about?
(a) His anger at the Russians.
(b) His blessings.
(c) His anger at his daughters.
(d) His troubles.

3. When Tevye reluctantly lets Hodel leave, he asks God to see that she ______________.
(a) Doesn't starve.
(b) Doesn't make a mistake.
(c) Comes back soon.
(d) Dresses warm.

4. Who is sitting outside the railroad station, talking together?
(a) Hodel and Tzeitel.
(b) Hodel and Tevye.
(c) Tevye and Motel.
(d) Motel and Tzeitel.

5. Some time after Tzeitel and Motel's wedding, why is Hodel upset with Perchik?
(a) He's been rude and arrogant lately.
(b) He's talking about leaving the village.
(c) He dared ask her to dance with him.
(d) She's afraid he loves someone else.

6. When Chava begs Tevye to accept her marriage with Fyedka, what does Tevye do?
(a) He sits down and listens patiently.
(b) He yells and refuses to talk to her.
(c) He covers his ears and runs away.
(d) He hugs her and tells her it's all right.

7. While everyone's gathered at Motel's shop admiring the new arrival, Golde talks with Tzeitel about what?
(a) Tzeitel's relationship with Motel.
(b) The responsibility of running a shop.
(c) Tzeitel's sisters.
(d) The baby.

8. Long after Tzeitel's wedding, someone asks the rabbi if he's heard the news. The rabbi asks if it's more bad news, and the reply is ______________.
(a) It's not the best, but I've heard worse.
(b) No, good news.
(c) Yes, terrible news.
(d) It depends on how you look at it.

9. Golde tells Tevye that in her search for Chava, she went to talk to the priest. What did the priest tell her?
(a) Chava is pregnant and frightened.
(b) He swore he would not reveal Chava's whereabouts.
(c) He didn't know anything.
(d) Chava and Fyedka were married.

10. What wedding gifts do Tevye and Golde give to the newly married couple, Tzeitel and Motel?
(a) Towels and scented soaps.
(b) Kitchen table, plates, and mugs.
(c) Sewing machine and yards of cloth.
(d) Featherbed, goose pillows, and candlesticks.

11. After the wedding, Tevye speaks to God and starts to say, "As the Good Book says ..." but then stops himself. What does he say right afterward?
(a) Ah, you already know what is written in the Good Book.
(b) Why should I tell you what the Good Book says?
(c) Oops, I forgot who I was talking to.
(d) Forgive me, I wasn't thinking.

12. Despite Golde's protests, what does Tevye decide about Chava?
(a) There is nothing he can do to convince her to come home.
(b) She's better off with Fyedka.
(c) She is dead to them now.
(d) She's too stubborn to reason with.

13. When the villagers are gathered at his shop, why does Motel hold up two different pieces of cloth that have been sewn together?
(a) To show that he's tried out the newly arrived sewing machine.
(b) To show the new dress he's making for Tzeitel.
(c) It's the beginning of the blanket he's sewing for his baby.
(d) So everyone can see the start of the banner for the new flower shop.

14. In the conversation Tevye holds with God some time after the wedding, he says that Tzeitel and Motel work very hard and are as poor as what?
(a) Birds without a nest.
(b) Squirrels in winter.
(c) Newborn kittens.
(d) Cows without grass.

15. As Tevye pulls his cart, Golde finds him. She is distraught. What does she share with Tevye?
(a) Chava is missing and nobody can find her.
(b) Chava left home in the morning with Fyedka.
(c) Fyedka and Chava are engaged.
(d) Fyedka has kidnapped Chava.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Yente hands Tzeitel a letter written by Perchik, Tzeitel notes that _______________.

2. When Golde asks Yente which daughter gets which boy, what does the matchmaker reply?

3. Before Perchik proposes to Hodel, he says that marriage must be founded on ______________.

4. The boys that the matchmaker brings Golde for her youngest daughters _______________.

5. When Tevye comes in following Perchik's marriage proposal to Hodel, Perchik says he has bad news and good news. What is the bad news?

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