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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Golde feel about Peppercorn's marriage to Tevye's daugher Hodl?
(a) She is stunned that Tevye has allowed it.
(b) She likes Peppercorn and is pleased with the match.
(c) She refuses to acknowledge the wedding and mourns Hodl as dead.
(d) She is indifferent to the match.

3. What do Tevye and his wife decide to buy with their reward from the rich Jew?
(a) A milk cow.
(b) A new wagon.
(c) A horse.
(d) A plot of land.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the happy man from Kodny?

2. According to the narrator in The Happiest Man in All Kodny, when is the best time to travel by train?

3. Who takes care of Tevye after his wife, Golde dies?

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

5. What happens to Tevye when he stops to pray in the evening after hauling logs all day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tevye try to avoid having discussions with the town Priest?

2. How does the narrator describe the appearance of the man and woman salespeople he encounters on the train in Competitors?

3. What does Tevye plan to do when he finds that he is being expelled from the village?

4. Describe the appearance of Ahronchik.

5. What does Kivke threaten to do to Nissl Shapiro if he does not give him the 1000 rubles he requests?

6. How do people treat Tevye different when he become rich from his reward from the two rescued women?

7. Describe the appearance of the two women Tevye meets in the forest in Tevye Strikes It Rich.

8. What type of welcome does Tevye receive when he goes to visit Beilke and Podhotzur after they return from their honeymoon?

9. What is the misconception about the topic of conversation in Eighteen from Pereshchepena?

10. How does Tsaytl feel about the marrying Layzar?

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