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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Peppercorn studying for?
(a) He is studying to become a lawyer.
(b) Civil Servant Exams.
(c) He is studying to become a doctor.
(d) University Entrance Exams.

2. According to the narrator in The Happiest Man in All Kodny, when is the best time to travel by train?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Autumn.

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

4. After the conversation with the other two Jews, what does the man from Pereshchepena do?
(a) He smokes a cigarette.
(b) He goes back to sleep.
(c) He reads his prayer book.
(d) He eats his breakfast.

5. What items are Podhotzur's house full of?
(a) Stuffed animals and skeletons.
(b) Paintings and books.
(c) Sculptures and vases.
(d) Clocks and mirrors.

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

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

8. What does Shprintze call Ahronchik?
(a) Pet.
(b) Chik.
(c) Goy.
(d) Arnold.

9. After losing his fortune, what is Tevye's hope for the future?
(a) He completely foreswares money and doesn't think about it anymore.
(b) He still hopes for better times and to become rich.
(c) He hopes to have his fund reinstated and continue in his exact station.
(d) He has no hope to ever become wealthy.

10. What is the profession of Motl Komzoyl, who Tsaytl want to marry?
(a) He is a tailor.
(b) He is a carpenter.
(c) He owns a store.
(d) He is a soldier.

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

12. What do Tevye and Layzar drink during their meeting in Today's Children?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Tea.
(c) Only water.
(d) Brandy.

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

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

15. What was Kivke sentenced to run the gauntlet?
(a) For arguing religion.
(b) For failing to pay his head tax.
(c) For trying to escape the draft.
(d) For stealing vodka.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Borodenko's village?

3. How many times does Tevye count his money before he gives it to Mendl?

4. What do Tevye and his wife decide to buy with their reward from the rich Jew?

5. Why does Tevye envy the young man Yisro-eyl?

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