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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Slowpoke Express, pp. 184-186, The Miracle of Hoshanah Rabbah, pp. 186-194.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question about Mendle does Tevye ask Golde after he leaves their home?
(a) Tevye asks if Mendl has any children.
(b) Tevye asks if she knows what Mendl does for a living.
(c) Tevye asks how old Mendl is.
(d) Tevye asks is Mendl was popular as a child.

2. What does Tevye take with him when he goes to Yehupetz to look for Mendl?
(a) A gift for Mendl.
(b) His daughter.
(c) Dairy merchandise.
(d) The contract he signed with Mendl.

3. What is Chvedka's profession?
(a) He is a farmer.
(b) He is a scribe.
(c) He is a soldier.
(d) He is a delivery boy.

4. How does Beilke react when Tevye tells her that he is leaving for Palestine?
(a) She is indifferent to his announcement.
(b) She is angry and yells at Tevye.
(c) She weeps and cannot be comforted.
(d) She is happy for Tevye and congratulates him.

5. How was Chvedka educated?
(a) He had private tutors growing up.
(b) He was educated abroad in Germany.
(c) He is self-taught.
(d) He attending a University in Odessa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Berko go after the train stops?

2. Which is NOT one of the towns connected by the Slowpoke Express?

3. After the conversation with the other two Jews, what does the man from Pereshchepena do?

4. Who is Gorky?

5. Why does Tevye's wagon run into a tree on the way to Yehpuetz in Tevye Blows a Small Fortune?

(see the answer key)

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