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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Shandel crosses the stage in a rush and a woman asks her where she's running, Shandel replies ________________.
(a) To Motel's house.
(b) To the marketplace.
(c) To the matchmaker's place.
(d) To see Golde.

2. 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 horse's leg.
(c) The roof of his house.
(d) His dilapidated barn.

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

4. 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?
(a) Motel.
(b) Hodel.
(c) Tevye.
(d) Golde.

5. When Golde asks Yente which daughter gets which boy, what does the matchmaker reply?
(a) It makes no difference.
(b) She hasn't decided that part yet.
(c) The girls can pick.
(d) The boys should decide.

Short Answer Questions

1. While everyone's gathered at Motel's shop admiring the new arrival, Golde talks with Tzeitel about what?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

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