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

2. How does Reb Nissl help Kivke avoid running the gauntlet?
(a) He finds a man willing to switch places with Kivke.
(b) He gets him pardoned with the governor.
(c) He bribes officials to let him off with a three ruble fine.
(d) He arranges to have him declared dead.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does the man from Kodny offer the professor to see his son?

2. What does Shprintze ultimately do after she is heartbroken by Ahronchik?

3. Of the two salespeople described in Competitors, who has the lowest prices?

4. What do Tevye and Layzar drink during their meeting in Today's Children?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tsaytl feel about the marrying Layzar?

2. Why does Tevye like Pertchik?

3. How does the rich Jew respond when Tevye requests three rubles as a reward for bringing the two women in from the forest?

4. Why does Tevye give Pertchik the nickname of Peppercorn?

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

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

7. What causes the man from Pereshchepena to become irritated with the other two Jews?

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

9. Why does Beilke agree to marry Podhotzur even though she does not love him?

10. What does Tsaytl beg her father for at the end of Lekh-Lekho?

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