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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. When the Man from Buenos Aires first emigrated to Buenos Aires what job does he take in the countryside?
2. Why should Itsik have an automatic exemption from the draft?
3. What does Itsik's mother call him for good luck?
4. What is the name of the boy, who Etke reads the book Sanine with?
5. How is Noyach Tonkonog able to read a telegram about the upcoming pogrom?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Moyshe-Nachman have to support Dovid's family in Go Climb a Tree?
2. In The Automatic Exemption, when the father visits lawyers in Yehupetz and explains his predicament to them, why are they unable to give him advice?
3. How does the narrator of High School describe his wife?
4. How did Rayzl's birth mother die?
5. Why does the locomotive arrive with no train attached to it in The Wedding That Came Without Its Band?
6. Describe the appearance of Danielchik.
7. What does the Jewish holiday of Sukkos celebrate?
8. How does Moyshe-Nachman regard the affair of the arrest of his brother-in-law?
9. How does Berko celebrate his life after the train incident?
10. How do Moshke's neighbors respond when his store burns down a second time?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What type of dramatic or narrative structure does Aleichem utilize in "Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories"? How is this structure unique and how does it contribute to the establishment of themes?
Essay Topic 2
How does Aleichem establish the theme of fate in "Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories", and how does concept of fate differ between different characters in the book?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the importance of setting within "Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories". Make sure to discuss at least three different settings and how the descriptions of those settings are integral in the development of the themes and characters.
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