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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. How is Tevye related to Menachem Mendl?
(a) Mendl is married to his first cousin.
(b) They are third cousins.
(c) They are first cousins.
(d) Mendl is his nephew.

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

3. What is Peppercorn studying for?
(a) He is studying to become a lawyer.
(b) He is studying to become a doctor.
(c) University Entrance Exams.
(d) Civil Servant Exams.

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

5. What is the profession of Motl Komzoyl, who Tsaytl want to marry?
(a) He is a carpenter.
(b) He owns a store.
(c) He is a soldier.
(d) He is a tailor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tevye end up staying in Russia instead of going to the Holy Land?

2. What does Shprintze call Ahronchik?

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

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

5. What does Golde suggest that Tevye do in order to get the Priest to allow him to see Chava?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What good deeds do the manor owners of Kodny do for the poor?

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

7. When Tevye first learns of Chava's engagement, what does he do to take out his frustration?

8. How does Golde regard Menachem?

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

10. What is the misconception about the topic of conversation in Eighteen from Pereshchepena?

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