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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps the elderly rabbi to the table?
(a) Fyedka.
(b) Chava.
(c) Mendel.
(d) Perchik.

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

3. As the pair sits together at the railroad station ________________.
(a) Tzeitel cries and asks why Motel must leave.
(b) Hodel tells Tevye he doesn't have to wait with her.
(c) Hodel and Tzeitel wish each other good luck in life.
(d) Tevye tells Motel to come back to Tzeitel soon.

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

5. When gossip started by Yente spreads like wildfire, changing along the way, the village blames the supposed woes befalling Tevye's family upon _____________.
(a) The fact that everyone danced together at the wedding.
(b) The growing revolution.
(c) Tzeitel refusing to accept the match with Lazar.
(d) Tevye's daughters growing in independence.

6. Long after Tzeitel's wedding, upon hearing of big news, the villagers trade _______________.
(a) Condolences.
(b) Insults.
(c) Mazeltovs.
(d) Gasps.

7. 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) Oops, I forgot who I was talking to.
(b) Ah, you already know what is written in the Good Book.
(c) Why should I tell you what the Good Book says?
(d) Forgive me, I wasn't thinking.

8. After Golde tells Tevye what she's learned about Chava, what does Tevye say?
(a) He tells Golde to go home because they have other children at home.
(b) He asks Golde to pray with him.
(c) He tells Golde that he will round up a search party immediately.
(d) He screams that he's going to find Fyedka and kill him.

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

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

11. As Perchik tries to talk to Hodel, who is very unhappy with him, what does he say?
(a) He can't stand living in the village any longer.
(b) Their dance was innocent and nobody minded it.
(c) He's leaving for Kiev the next morning.
(d) He didn't mean to fall in love with someone else.

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

13. At the end of the story, Yente says she will go where?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) America.
(c) The Holy Land.
(d) South America.

14. When the villagers hear and share that there is big news in their village, they rush over to __________________.
(a) Tevye and Golde's house.
(b) The local synagogue.
(c) The village inn.
(d) Tzeitel and Motel's house.

15. What does Lazar give the newlyweds, Tzeitel and Motel?
(a) Five chickens.
(b) Two cows.
(c) A gold goblet.
(d) A silver platter.

Short Answer 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 _______________.

2. Through Tevye's conversation with God, what do we learn about Tzeitel and Motel after their wedding?

3. What wedding gifts do Tevye and Golde give to the newly married couple, Tzeitel and Motel?

4. As Tevye pulls his cart, Golde finds him. She is distraught. What does she share with Tevye?

5. Inside Motel's shop, the villagers are gathered to see ______________.

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