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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the long-haired messenger tell Hodl?
(a) He tells her Peppercorn has left her for another woman.
(b) He tells her Peppercorn has been injured.
(c) He tells her Peppercorn is in jail.
(d) He tells her Peppercorn has died.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How many days do Tevye and Golde mourn Chava when they realize she isn't coming home?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 7.
(d) 2.

10. Who wrote a letter for the happy man from Kodny to take to the professor?
(a) His rabbi.
(b) The wealthy manor owners.
(c) His son.
(d) His wife.

11. Why do Beilke and Podhotzur leave for America?
(a) Podhotzur establishes a great business there.
(b) They go broke and flee their creditors.
(c) Podhotzur has family there and wants to live in New York.
(d) They leave to escape the riots.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What items are Podhotzur's house full of?

2. How many rubles does Tevye come home with, after saving the two women from the forest?

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

4. Why does Tevye's wagon run into a tree on the way to Yehpuetz in Tevye Blows a Small Fortune?

5. What gift does the old woman offer to Tevye for bring her back to the dacha?

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