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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Automatic Exemption, pp. 229-238, It Doesn't Pay to Be Good, pp. 238-.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tevye's wagon run into a tree on the way to Yehpuetz in Tevye Blows a Small Fortune?
(a) The axel breaks.
(b) He falls asleep driving.
(c) His horse smells something and darts after it.
(d) A rodent crosses the road and frightens his horse.

2. What does the son score lowly on the second time he takes the exams in High School?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Spelling.
(c) History.
(d) Hebrew.

3. When Tevye meets the two women in the forest, which is not one of the things he offers to sell them?
(a) Tears to feel a soup bowl.
(b) Some fine hunger pains.
(c) A head full of scrambled brains.
(d) A week's supply of heartache.

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

5. What happens to Tevye the day after his meeting with Layzar that he sees as a bad omen?
(a) His cow dies.
(b) His cart overturns.
(c) He injures his hand.
(d) He gets the stomach flu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the town where the Man from Buenos Aires gets a job leading around a blind cantor?

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

3. Where are the Cossack in The Wedding That Came Without Its Band from?

4. What relationship do the saleswoman and the salesman on the train have in the Competitors?

5. What was the name of Rayzl's birth mother?

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