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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where doe Beilke and Podhotzur go on their honeymoon?
(a) Italy.
(b) Austria.
(c) Germany.
(d) Switzerland.

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

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

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. Which is not one of the towns listed in Eighteen from Pereshchepena?
(a) Anatevka.
(b) Lubin.
(c) Shpole.
(d) Nemirov.

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

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

9. What do Tevye's Christian neighbors call him?
(a) Tev.
(b) Terrence.
(c) Tevye.
(d) Tevel.

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

11. What year does Tevye record it as being at the end of Hodl?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1892.

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

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

14. Why is there a sudden influx in the population of Boiberik in Shprintze?
(a) Rich Jews are fleeing the city to escape riots and pogroms.
(b) There is a cholera infestation in Odessa driving people to Boiberik.
(c) Many Jews have been forcefully relocated to Boiberik.
(d) Many Jews are moving to Boiberik for economic opportunities.

15. What is Chvedka's profession?
(a) He is a farmer.
(b) He is a scribe.
(c) He is a delivery boy.
(d) He is a soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the coachman who took Kivke to Germany?

2. What does Golde suggest that Tevye do in order to get the Priest to allow him to see Chava?

3. How does Reb Nissl help Kivke avoid running the gauntlet?

4. Who is Gorky?

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

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