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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is sitting outside the railroad station, talking together?
(a) Hodel and Tzeitel.
(b) Motel and Tzeitel.
(c) Tevye and Motel.
(d) Hodel and Tevye.

2. Why is everyone shocked when, at Tzeitel's wedding reception, Perchik asks Hodel to dance with him?
(a) The first dance is reserved for the parents of the couple.
(b) It's against tradition for men and women to dance together.
(c) The matchmaker has found someone else for Hodel.
(d) Perchik is much older than Hodel.

3. Long after Tzeitel's wedding, someone asks the rabbi if he's heard the news. The rabbi asks if it's more bad news, and the reply is ______________.
(a) It's not the best, but I've heard worse.
(b) It depends on how you look at it.
(c) Yes, terrible news.
(d) No, good news.

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

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

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

7. The villagers want to know if Tevye has seen the constable because they heard rumors about _______________.
(a) An increase in their taxes.
(b) Soldiers marching to their village.
(c) The death of the Tsar.
(d) An edict in St. Petersburg.

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

9. When the rabbi arrives at Motel's shop where practically the entire village is gathered, everyone asks him if there is a blessing for what?
(a) A colorful baby blanket.
(b) A new dress.
(c) A flower shop.
(d) A sewing machine.

10. When Tevye reluctantly lets Hodel leave, he asks God to see that she ______________.
(a) Doesn't make a mistake.
(b) Comes back soon.
(c) Dresses warm.
(d) Doesn't starve.

11. 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) Oops, I forgot who I was talking to.
(c) Forgive me, I wasn't thinking.
(d) Ah, you already know what is written in the Good Book.

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

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

14. Fyedka comes to Motel's shop, picks up a shirt, and offers congratulations. When he leaves the shop, who discreetly follows Fyedka?
(a) Chava.
(b) Golde.
(c) Motel.
(d) Tzeitel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps the elderly rabbi to the table?

2. When Chava begs Tevye to accept her marriage with Fyedka, what does Tevye do?

3. 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?

4. Some time after Tzeitel and Motel's wedding, why is Hodel upset with Perchik?

5. When Hodel prepares to marry Perchik, Tevye worries that there will be no one to perform a proper marriage. Hodel assures him that _______________.

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