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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Today's Children, pp. 35-53, Hodl, pp. 53-69.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Menachem Mendl want Tevye to invest in the stocks in Chapter 2?
(a) 100 rubles.
(b) 600 rubles.
(c) 300 rubles.
(d) 50 rubles.

2. What happens to Tevye when he stops to pray in the evening after hauling logs all day?
(a) He hears a woman crying.
(b) It begins to rain on him.
(c) He finds a ruble on the ground.
(d) His horse decides to run off.

3. Why does Tevye think that Yankl should be fired as sexton of the Burial Society?
(a) He thinks it is beneath Yankl's station.
(b) He thinks its unfair he eats and drinks at the public's expense.
(c) He thinks Yankl steals from the graves.
(d) He thinks a humbler man should have the job.

4. How much did Tevye get paid to drag logs from the forest to the train station every day?
(a) One ruble a week.
(b) Three rubles a day.
(c) One ruble a day.
(d) Half a ruble a day.

5. When Tevye returns from his meeting with Layzar, how does Golde initially react?
(a) She asleep when he gets home and won't wake to hear his news.
(b) She is excited about that Tevye has become friends with Layzar.
(c) She is angry at him for being drunk.
(d) She ignores Tevye as she is busy cooking.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What dishes of Golde's does Tevye call "heaven on earth?"

3. What is the name of the town the two women are trying to get to?

4. What does the long-haired messenger tell Hodl?

5. What request does Tevye make from Pan Sholem Aleichem at the end of Tevye Strikes It Rich?

(see the answer key)

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