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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much money does the man from Kodny offer the professor to see his son?
(a) 10 rubles.
(b) 32 rubles.
(c) 300 rubles.
(d) 25 rubles.

3. What service does Peppercorn give to Tevye in exchange for a hot meal?
(a) He helps Tevye pack his wagon.
(b) He gives lessons to Tevye's daughters.
(c) He repairs Tevye's roof.
(d) He keeps Tevye's books.

4. How much money does Kivke request from Kaminka for a dowry?
(a) 100 rubles.
(b) 1000 rubles.
(c) 200 rubles.
(d) 400 rubles.

5. How does Beilke react when Tevye tells her that he is leaving for Palestine?
(a) She is indifferent to his announcement.
(b) She is angry and yells at Tevye.
(c) She weeps and cannot be comforted.
(d) She is happy for Tevye and congratulates him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question about Mendle does Tevye ask Golde after he leaves their home?

2. What items are Podhotzur's house full of?

3. Of the two salespeople described in Competitors, who has the lowest prices?

4. According to the narrator in The Happiest Man in All Kodny, when is the best time to travel by train?

5. Which is not one of the towns listed in Eighteen from Pereshchepena?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of welcome does Tevye receive when he goes to visit Beilke and Podhotzur after they return from their honeymoon?

2. Describe the appearance of the two women Tevye meets in the forest in Tevye Strikes It Rich.

3. Describe the appearance of the man who suggests they "pass the hat around," in the Competitors.

4. How does Tsaytl feel about the marrying Layzar?

5. Why doesn't Tevye initially want to take the two women he meets into the forest back to Boberick?

6. How does Tevye convince Golde that Tsaytl should marry Motl instead of Layzar?

7. What are the ailments of the happy man from Kodny's son?

8. How does the narrator describe the appearance of the man and woman salespeople he encounters on the train in Competitors?

9. How does Tevye react when he finds that Mendl has lost all of his money?

10. Describe the table that is set for the two women, when Tevye brings them back to the dacha in Boberick?

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