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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After losing his fortune, what is Tevye's hope for the future?
(a) He completely foreswares money and doesn't think about it anymore.
(b) He hopes to have his fund reinstated and continue in his exact station.
(c) He still hopes for better times and to become rich.
(d) He has no hope to ever become wealthy.

2. What happens to Tevye when he stops to pray in the evening after hauling logs all day?
(a) His horse decides to run off.
(b) It begins to rain on him.
(c) He finds a ruble on the ground.
(d) He hears a woman crying.

3. What is Chvedka's profession?
(a) He is a scribe.
(b) He is a farmer.
(c) He is a soldier.
(d) He is a delivery boy.

4. What question about Mendle does Tevye ask Golde after he leaves their home?
(a) Tevye asks is Mendl was popular as a child.
(b) Tevye asks if she knows what Mendl does for a living.
(c) Tevye asks how old Mendl is.
(d) Tevye asks if Mendl has any children.

5. How many days do Tevye and Golde mourn Chava when they realize she isn't coming home?
(a) 10.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

6. Where is Ahronchik and his mother from?
(a) Korkhekho.
(b) Yekaterinoslav.
(c) Yehupetz.
(d) Odessa.

7. After the conversation with the other two Jews, what does the man from Pereshchepena do?
(a) He eats his breakfast.
(b) He reads his prayer book.
(c) He goes back to sleep.
(d) He smokes a cigarette.

8. Which is not one of the items mentioned as wares of the salespeople in The Competitors?
(a) Dried figs.
(b) Oranges.
(c) Hard-boiled eggs.
(d) Black cherries.

9. Why does Tevye end up staying in Russia instead of going to the Holy Land?
(a) Motl dies and he stays to help Tsaytl.
(b) He receives a note from Beilke asking him not to go.
(c) He finds he does not have paper needed to travel abroad.
(d) He becomes to sick to board the ship.

10. Which is not one of the towns listed in Eighteen from Pereshchepena?
(a) Anatevka.
(b) Shpole.
(c) Nemirov.
(d) Lubin.

11. What causes the saleswoman to sit down on her basket and cry into her shawl?
(a) She finds out that her husband has died.
(b) The Jews mock her and call her a beauty queen.
(c) She is insulted by a goy.
(d) Her basket is overturned and her merchandise spoiled.

12. What does Golde prepare for Ahronchik and his friend on their visit over the holiday to Tevye's house?
(a) Borscht.
(b) She refuses to make anything because it is the holiday.
(c) Challah.
(d) Blintzes.

13. Why does Tevye's wagon run into a tree on the way to Yehpuetz in Tevye Blows a Small Fortune?
(a) He falls asleep driving.
(b) A rodent crosses the road and frightens his horse.
(c) His horse smells something and darts after it.
(d) The axel breaks.

14. Where does Mendl hide Tevye's money so that no one would steal it from him on his journey?
(a) He hides it in his shoe.
(b) He sews it into his breast pocket.
(c) He puts it in his hat.
(d) He ties it to his belt.

15. Who does Golde have a dream about in Tevye Strikes It Rich that foreshadowed the milk cow Tevye was to receive?
(a) The Rabbi.
(b) Her Grandmother Tsaytl.
(c) Her brother Kivke.
(d) Her Aunt Chaika.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with Itzikl Borodenko's daughter in The Happiest Man in All Kodny?

2. What was Kivke sentenced to run the gauntlet?

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

4. What is the man from Lower Pereshchepena wearing?

5. How much money does the man from Kodny offer the professor to see his son?

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