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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through To the Reader, pp. 135-136, Competitors, pp. 136-143 , The Happiest Man in Kodny, pp. 143-152.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Tevye blame primarily for the loss of his small fortune?
(a) The unfair market.
(b) The Csar.
(c) Mendl.
(d) Himself.

2. Where does Hodl go at the end of the chapter Hodl?
(a) She goes to join Peppercorn in Siberia.
(b) She refuses to tell Tevye where she is going.
(c) She goes away to the university.
(d) She moves in with an aunt at Yehuputz.

3. What does Tevye take with him when he goes to Yehupetz to look for Mendl?
(a) His daughter.
(b) A gift for Mendl.
(c) The contract he signed with Mendl.
(d) Dairy merchandise.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What service does Peppercorn give to Tevye in exchange for a hot meal?

2. What gift does the old woman offer to Tevye for bring her back to the dacha?

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

4. Why does Tevye envy the young man Yisro-eyl?

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

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