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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. Where did the happy man from Kodny get his rubles to offer the professor?
(a) From his rabbi.
(b) From his wife.
(c) They are his entire savings.
(d) From the wealthy manor owners.

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

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

4. Where does Tevye find his horse after he has eaten dinner at the rich man's dacha?
(a) In the forest.
(b) Out in the field.
(c) In the pond.
(d) In the stables.

5. What does Tevye do when he meets Chava in the forest after her marriage?
(a) He listens to her, but refuses to forgive her.
(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 gives her some money as a wedding gift.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with Itzikl Borodenko's daughter in The Happiest Man in All Kodny?

2. What question about Mendle does Tevye ask Golde after he leaves their home?

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

4. Who wrote a letter for the happy man from Kodny to take to the professor?

5. What happens to Tevye the day after his meeting with Layzar that he sees as a bad omen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Tevye like Pertchik?

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

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

6. What good deeds do the manor owners of Kodny do for the poor?

7. Describe the appearance of the man from Kaminka in Baranovich Station.

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

9. Describe the table that is set for the two women, when Tevye brings them back to the dacha in Boberick?

10. Why doesn't Tevye initially want to take the two women he meets into the forest back to Boberick?

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