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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From the letter Yente picks up and delivers to Tzeitel, everyone learns that Perchik ________________.
(a) Has been arrested.
(b) Will be gone for years.
(c) Has become a professor.
(d) Is working as a spy.

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

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

4. After Tevye's talk with Chava regarding Fyedka, the audience finds Tevye talking with God and pulling his cart. Why isn't his horse pulling it?
(a) The horse has run off.
(b) The horse still has a bad leg.
(c) The blacksmith is putting new shoes on his horse.
(d) He figures his horse has worked more than enough that day.

5. As the pair sits together at the railroad station ________________.
(a) Hodel tells Tevye he doesn't have to wait with her.
(b) Hodel and Tzeitel wish each other good luck in life.
(c) Tzeitel cries and asks why Motel must leave.
(d) Tevye tells Motel to come back to Tzeitel soon.

6. Why is everyone shocked when, at Tzeitel's wedding reception, Perchik asks Hodel to dance with him?
(a) The matchmaker has found someone else for Hodel.
(b) The first dance is reserved for the parents of the couple.
(c) Perchik is much older than Hodel.
(d) It's against tradition for men and women to dance together.

7. When Chava tries to talk to Tevye about the feelings she and Fyedka have for each other, Tevye says it would make him happy if _______________.
(a) They remained friends from a distance.
(b) She would let the matchmaker do her job.
(c) She followed her heart.
(d) Fyedka left their village.

8. 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) Tzeitel's sisters.
(c) The baby.
(d) The responsibility of running a shop.

9. When Yente hands a letter to Tzeitel, what else does she say?
(a) She often spots Chava and Fyedka together.
(b) Golde insulted her.
(c) Perchik will never return to Hodel.
(d) Tevye owes her money.

10. What does Lazar give the newlyweds, Tzeitel and Motel?
(a) Two cows.
(b) Five chickens.
(c) A gold goblet.
(d) A silver platter.

11. Where is Lazar Wolf going at the end of the story?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York City.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Detroit.

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

13. Even though Tevye and Golde are leaving their home forever, why is Golde sweeping the floor?
(a) She doesn't want to leave the house dirty.
(b) She's looking for a gold medallion she dropped.
(c) The activity calms her down.
(d) It's tradition to sweep before moving.

14. After Golde tells Tevye what she's learned about Chava, what does Tevye say?
(a) He asks Golde to pray with him.
(b) He screams that he's going to find Fyedka and kill him.
(c) He tells Golde to go home because they have other children at home.
(d) He tells Golde that he will round up a search party immediately.

15. Who helps the elderly rabbi to the table?
(a) Perchik.
(b) Chava.
(c) Fyedka.
(d) Mendel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some time after Perchik leaves the village, Yente comes by with a letter she picked up at the post office. It's from Perchik, and it's for ______________.

2. While Yente talks with Golde about possible matches for her youngest daughters, several men come to the house and ask for ______________.

3. When gossip started by Yente spreads like wildfire, changing along the way, the village blames the supposed woes befalling Tevye's family upon _____________.

4. 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?

5. 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 ______________.

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