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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the final scene, where does Motel say he, Tzeitel, and the baby will be going to?
(a) Moscow.
(b) New York City.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Chicago.

2. As the villagers ask Tevye if he's seen the constable and then share with him rumors they've heard, the constable walks in and tells everyone what?
(a) He will have to arrest them if they don't go home.
(b) He's looking for more men to join the Russian army.
(c) The Tsar will be stopping by that evening.
(d) They need to leave their village in three days.

3. Some time after the wedding and the ruckus created by Russian soldiers, Tevye sits outside his home, talking to God. What does he start out talking about?
(a) His anger at his daughters.
(b) His blessings.
(c) His troubles.
(d) His anger at the Russians.

4. 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 invite him to the wedding.
(b) They'll marry under a canopy, according to tradition.
(c) Perchik has everything already arranged.
(d) They'll find the best rabbi in town.

5. When Tevye comes in following Perchik's marriage proposal to Hodel, Perchik says he has bad news and good news. What is the good news?
(a) He and Hodel are engaged.
(b) He got a job at the university.
(c) He has purchased grain and eggs for the family.
(d) He inherited a vast fortune.

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

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

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

9. Golde tells Tevye that in her search for Chava, she went to talk to the priest. What did the priest tell her?
(a) Chava and Fyedka were married.
(b) He didn't know anything.
(c) Chava is pregnant and frightened.
(d) He swore he would not reveal Chava's whereabouts.

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

11. From the letter Yente picks up and delivers to Tzeitel, everyone learns that Perchik ________________.
(a) Will be gone for years.
(b) Has been arrested.
(c) Is working as a spy.
(d) Has become a professor.

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

13. 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?
(a) Birds without a nest.
(b) Cows without grass.
(c) Squirrels in winter.
(d) Newborn kittens.

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

15. Where is Lazar Wolf going at the end of the story?
(a) Detroit.
(b) New York City.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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. Who is sitting outside the railroad station, talking together?

5. Villagers are asking the rabbi and each other about the big news, which is about a new _______________.

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