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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Slowpoke Express, pp. 184-186, The Miracle of Hoshanah Rabbah, pp. 186-194.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Berko go after the train stops?
(a) He returns home.
(b) He travels up the line.
(c) He is taken to jail for starting the locamotive.
(d) He spends the holiday with friends in Heysen.

2. What is the man from Lower Pereshchepena wearing?
(a) Army boots.
(b) Sandals.
(c) Slippers.
(d) Galoshes.

3. Why does Tevye think that Podhotzur has summoned him to his house after his marriage to Beilke?
(a) He thinks Podhotzur will ask him to move in.
(b) He thinks Podhotzur wants to send him abroad.
(c) He thinks Podhotzur wants to give him a gift.
(d) He thinks Podhotzur will offer him a job.

4. Who does Tevye blame primarily for the loss of his small fortune?
(a) The Csar.
(b) The unfair market.
(c) Himself.
(d) Mendl.

5. Why isn't the end of Kivke's story disclosed?
(a) The man telling the story had to catch a train.
(b) A unexpected pogrom breaks up the storytelling.
(c) The man did not know the ending.
(d) Kivke himself appears on the scene and everyone goes quiet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is NOT one of the towns connected by the Slowpoke Express?

2. What is the name of the coachman who took Kivke to Germany?

3. How much money does Kivke request when he has been cheated by his father-in-law?

4. How does Beilke react when Tevye tells her that he is leaving for Palestine?

5. Who takes care of Tevye after his wife, Golde dies?

(see the answer key)

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