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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through To the Reader, pp. 135-136, Competitors, pp. 136-143 , The Happiest Man in Kodny, pp. 143-152.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What class does the narrator generally take when he goes by trains?
(a) Second class.
(b) It is unknown.
(c) First class.
(d) Third class.

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

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

4. Why does Tevye think that Podhotzur has summoned him to his house after his marriage to Beilke?
(a) He thinks Podhotzur will ask him to move in.
(b) He thinks Podhotzur wants to give him a gift.
(c) He thinks Podhotzur will offer him a job.
(d) He thinks Podhotzur wants to send him abroad.

5. Who suggests Podhotzur as a spouse for Beilke?
(a) The matchmaker Efrayim.
(b) Motl does, as he is a client of his.
(c) Golde does just before she dies.
(d) Podhotzur approaches Tevye himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tevye sell his house to?

2. Of the two salespeople described in Competitors, who has the lowest prices?

3. How many days do Tevye and Golde mourn Chava when they realize she isn't coming home?

4. What causes the saleswoman to sit down on her basket and cry into her shawl?

5. Why does Tevye end up staying in Russia instead of going to the Holy Land?

(see the answer key)

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