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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 does the priest want to do when he is trapped on the runaway locomotive with Berko?
(a) Pull the brake.
(b) Throw something in front of the train to slow it.
(c) Wait for help.
(d) Make a jump for it.

2. Where does Berko go after the train stops?
(a) He travels up the line.
(b) He is taken to jail for starting the locamotive.
(c) He returns home.
(d) He spends the holiday with friends in Heysen.

3. What does Golde suggest that Tevye do in order to get the Priest to allow him to see Chava?
(a) She thinks Tevye should intimidate the Priest and threaten to harm him.
(b) She wants Tevye to bribe the Priest with money.
(c) She wants Tevye to pretend to be interested in Christianity.
(d) She thinks he should throw himself at the Priest's feet and beg for pity.

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

5. How much money does Kivke request when he has been cheated by his father-in-law?
(a) 200 rubles.
(b) 600 rubles.
(c) 400 rubles.
(d) 100 rubles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the secret police spy who informed on so many revolutionaries that is being discussed at Baranovich Station?

3. Why is Chava in the priest's custody?

4. Why does Tevye think that Podhotzur has summoned him to his house after his marriage to Beilke?

5. What does Berko do for a living?

(see the answer key)

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