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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How is Tevye related to Menachem Mendl?
(a) Mendl is his nephew.
(b) Mendl is married to his first cousin.
(c) They are third cousins.
(d) They are first cousins.

4. What does Tevye do when he meets Chava in the forest after her marriage?
(a) He forgives her, but tells her she is unwelcome at home.
(b) He gives her some money as a wedding gift.
(c) He listens to her, but refuses to forgive her.
(d) He refuses to speak to her and leaves the scene.

5. Who does Golde have a dream about in Tevye Strikes It Rich that foreshadowed the milk cow Tevye was to receive?
(a) Her brother Kivke.
(b) Her Grandmother Tsaytl.
(c) Her Aunt Chaika.
(d) The Rabbi.

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

7. How does Beilke react when Tevye tells her that he is leaving for Palestine?
(a) She is angry and yells at Tevye.
(b) She is happy for Tevye and congratulates him.
(c) She is indifferent to his announcement.
(d) She weeps and cannot be comforted.

8. Why isn't the end of Kivke's story disclosed?
(a) The man did not know the ending.
(b) The man telling the story had to catch a train.
(c) A unexpected pogrom breaks up the storytelling.
(d) Kivke himself appears on the scene and everyone goes quiet.

9. 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 ignores Tevye as she is busy cooking.
(c) She is angry at him for being drunk.
(d) She is excited about that Tevye has become friends with Layzar.

10. How does Tevye find Mendl in Yehpuetz?
(a) He goes to Mendl's mother-in-law and find him there.
(b) He waits at Mendl's favorite bar until he arrives.
(c) He runs into him by chance at the market.
(d) He asks around get is told his whereabouts.

11. On what holiday does Hodl tell her father she is going away?
(a) Hoshana Rabbah.
(b) High Holy Days.
(c) Rosh Hoshanah.
(d) Hannukah.

12. Who is Gorky?
(a) A revered Rabbi.
(b) The leader of the revolutionary movement.
(c) The current prime minister.
(d) An important literary figure.

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

14. Why does Tevye end up staying in Russia instead of going to the Holy Land?
(a) Motl dies and he stays to help Tsaytl.
(b) He receives a note from Beilke asking him not to go.
(c) He becomes to sick to board the ship.
(d) He finds he does not have paper needed to travel abroad.

15. What is the name of the happy man from Kodny?
(a) Pedka.
(b) Chevka.
(c) Shimon.
(d) Alter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote a letter for the happy man from Kodny to take to the professor?

2. Which is not one of the items mentioned as wares of the salespeople in The Competitors?

3. What is the profession of Motl Komzoyl, who Tsaytl want to marry?

4. Who suggests Podhotzur as a spouse for Beilke?

5. Where did the happy man from Kodny get his rubles to offer the professor?

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