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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. What does Tevye do when he meets Chava in the forest after her marriage?
(a) He gives her some money as a wedding gift.
(b) He refuses to speak to her and leaves the scene.
(c) He forgives her, but tells her she is unwelcome at home.
(d) He listens to her, but refuses to forgive her.

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

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

4. What dishes of Golde's does Tevye call "heaven on earth?"
(a) Her knishes and baclava.
(b) Her pudding and poppy cakes.
(c) Her kreplach.
(d) Her borscht.

5. How does Tevye find Mendl in Yehpuetz?
(a) He waits at Mendl's favorite bar until he arrives.
(b) He runs into him by chance at the market.
(c) He goes to Mendl's mother-in-law and find him there.
(d) He asks around get is told his whereabouts.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why do Beilke and Podhotzur leave for America?

4. Why isn't the end of Kivke's story disclosed?

5. Why does Tevye go to see Layzar Wolf in Today's Children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tevye like Pertchik?

2. Why does Ahronchik's brother offer Tevye money to Shprintze?

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

4. Describe the appearance of Ahronchik.

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

6. What are the ailments of the happy man from Kodny's son?

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

8. How does Tevye convince Golde that Tsaytl should marry Motl instead of Layzar?

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

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

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