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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Hodel prepares to marry Perchik, Tevye worries that there will be no one to perform a proper marriage. Hodel assures him that _______________.
(a) They'll marry under a canopy, according to tradition.
(b) They'll find the best rabbi in town.
(c) Perchik has everything already arranged.
(d) They'll invite him to the wedding.

2. After Tevye's talk with Chava regarding Fyedka, the audience finds Tevye talking with God and pulling his cart. Why isn't his horse pulling it?
(a) He figures his horse has worked more than enough that day.
(b) The horse still has a bad leg.
(c) The horse has run off.
(d) The blacksmith is putting new shoes on his horse.

3. Even though Tevye and Golde are leaving their home forever, why is Golde sweeping the floor?
(a) The activity calms her down.
(b) She's looking for a gold medallion she dropped.
(c) She doesn't want to leave the house dirty.
(d) It's tradition to sweep before moving.

4. While everyone's gathered at Motel's shop admiring the new arrival, Golde talks with Tzeitel about what?
(a) Tzeitel's relationship with Motel.
(b) The baby.
(c) The responsibility of running a shop.
(d) Tzeitel's sisters.

5. Right before everyone leaves the village, Chava and Fyedka stop by to explain that they also are leaving because ________________.
(a) Feelings are stronger than principle.
(b) They are not wanted in their neighborhood.
(c) Family always sticks together.
(d) They can't live among people who would do this to others.

6. When everyone talks about big news, the audience is led to believe that Tzeitel and Motel _______________.
(a) Received a fortune from a rich uncle.
(b) Have separated.
(c) Set up a flower stand.
(d) Just had a baby.

7. When Tevye comes in following Perchik's marriage proposal to Hodel, Perchik says he has bad news and good news. What is the bad news?
(a) His friends were caught stealing.
(b) He broke his arm.
(c) He's run out of money.
(d) He's leaving the next day.

8. When the villagers are gathered at his shop, why does Motel hold up two different pieces of cloth that have been sewn together?
(a) To show the new dress he's making for Tzeitel.
(b) To show that he's tried out the newly arrived sewing machine.
(c) So everyone can see the start of the banner for the new flower shop.
(d) It's the beginning of the blanket he's sewing for his baby.

9. Despite Golde's protests, what does Tevye decide about Chava?
(a) There is nothing he can do to convince her to come home.
(b) She's better off with Fyedka.
(c) She's too stubborn to reason with.
(d) She is dead to them now.

10. As Tevye sits and talks to God after Tzeitel and Motel are married, what does he request?
(a) A sewing machine for Motel.
(b) Peace in their village.
(c) A grandchild.
(d) A wife for Lazar.

11. In his conversation with God following the wedding, what else does Tevye mention to God as needing attention?
(a) The roof of his house.
(b) His cow's health.
(c) His dilapidated barn.
(d) His horse's leg.

12. Some time after Tzeitel and Motel's wedding, why is Hodel upset with Perchik?
(a) He's talking about leaving the village.
(b) He dared ask her to dance with him.
(c) She's afraid he loves someone else.
(d) He's been rude and arrogant lately.

13. After the wedding, Tevye speaks to God and starts to say, "As the Good Book says ..." but then stops himself. What does he say right afterward?
(a) Why should I tell you what the Good Book says?
(b) Ah, you already know what is written in the Good Book.
(c) Oops, I forgot who I was talking to.
(d) Forgive me, I wasn't thinking.

14. Inside Motel's shop, the villagers are gathered to see ______________.
(a) Motel and Tzeitel's new baby.
(b) Tzeitel's new dress.
(c) The used sewing machine that just arrived.
(d) Motel and Tzeitel's new flower stand.

15. Villagers are asking the rabbi and each other about the big news, which is about a new _______________.
(a) Tsar.
(b) Arrival.
(c) Match.
(d) Skirmish.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the conversation Tevye holds with God some time after the wedding, he says that Tzeitel and Motel work very hard and are as poor as what?

2. As Yente and other women of the village gossip, the story keeps changing. By the end of their gossiping, everyone mistakenly thinks that who has been arrested?

3. When the wedding ceremony is over and the celebrating begins, what does Mordcha say when he asks for silence?

4. Golde tells Tevye that in her search for Chava, she went to talk to the priest. What did the priest tell her?

5. When the matchmaker brings Golde a couple of teen boys for her youngest daughters, what does Golde say?

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