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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Baranovich Station, pp. 152-163, Eighteen from Pereshchepena, pp. 163-166.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who takes care of Tevye after his wife, Golde dies?
(a) His daughter Tsaytl.
(b) His cousin.
(c) A hired housekeeper.
(d) His daughter Beilke.

3. What is wrong with Itzikl Borodenko's daughter in The Happiest Man in All Kodny?
(a) She has poisoned herself after being jilted.
(b) She has frequent dizzy spells.
(c) She has a severe chest cough.
(d) She is losing vision in her right eye.

4. Where does Hodl go at the end of the chapter Hodl?
(a) She goes to join Peppercorn in Siberia.
(b) She refuses to tell Tevye where she is going.
(c) She moves in with an aunt at Yehuputz.
(d) She goes away to the university.

5. What does Golde prepare for Ahronchik and his friend on their visit over the holiday to Tevye's house?
(a) Challah.
(b) She refuses to make anything because it is the holiday.
(c) Blintzes.
(d) Borscht.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Tevye and Layzar drink during their meeting in Today's Children?

2. What is Chvedka's profession?

3. According to the narrator in The Happiest Man in All Kodny, when is the best time to travel by train?

4. How was Chvedka educated?

5. Where is Ahronchik and his mother from?

(see the answer key)

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