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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ailment is Moyshe-Nachman trying to get treatment for?

2. Why was the son exempt from the draft in High School?

3. Where are the Cossack in The Wedding That Came Without Its Band from?

4. What does the diamond dealer try to sell to the commercial traveler at the end of the Hard Luck?

5. How much money does Danielschik request so he can buy the beer hall and billiard parlor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Jewish holiday of Sukkos celebrate?

2. Describe the appearance of Yoyl Tashker.

3. What do the pogrom rioters find when they arrive at Heysen?

4. How did Paysi's father die?

5. How did Eisik die in The Automatic Exemption?

6. What does the 60-year-old man do to giveaway his skill at cards?

7. Why does Moyshe-Nachman have to support Dovid's family in Go Climb a Tree?

8. How does Moshke like to celebrate?

9. How does Motek describe his line of work?

10. What does Motek learn from his succession of low paying difficult jobs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the relationship between Jews and Christians described in the book, and what theme arrives from the comparison of the two different religions?

Essay Topic 2

How is God portrayed in this book, specifically, and how is the relationship between God and man elucidated through the character of Tevye?

Essay Topic 3

How does Aleichem establish money as a literary symbol in "Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories" and what abstract meanings are represented by it?

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