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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 is the name of the town the two women are trying to get to?
(a) Yehupetz.
(b) Boreykh.
(c) Boiberik.
(d) Velamalshin.

2. How does Golde feel about Peppercorn's marriage to Tevye's daugher Hodl?
(a) She likes Peppercorn and is pleased with the match.
(b) She is stunned that Tevye has allowed it.
(c) She refuses to acknowledge the wedding and mourns Hodl as dead.
(d) She is indifferent to the match.

3. How many times does Tevye count his money before he gives it to Mendl?
(a) Once.
(b) Three times.
(c) Seven Times.
(d) Twice.

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

5. On what holiday does Hodl tell her father she is going away?
(a) Hoshana Rabbah.
(b) Rosh Hoshanah.
(c) Hannukah.
(d) High Holy Days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator choose to travel third class?

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

3. Who does Golde have a dream about in Tevye Strikes It Rich that foreshadowed the milk cow Tevye was to receive?

4. What does the long-haired messenger tell Hodl?

5. Why is Chava in the priest's custody?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tevye plan to do when he finds that he is being expelled from the village?

2. Why does Tevye try to avoid having discussions with the town Priest?

3. What causes the man from Pereshchepena to become irritated with the other two Jews?

4. Describe the appearance of the man from Kaminka in Baranovich Station.

5. How does the rich Jew respond when Tevye requests three rubles as a reward for bringing the two women in from the forest?

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

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

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

9. Why does Beilke agree to marry Podhotzur even though she does not love him?

10. How do people treat Tevye different when he become rich from his reward from the two rescued women?

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