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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 request does Tevye make from Pan Sholem Aleichem at the end of Tevye Strikes It Rich?
(a) He asks for his story to be shared with his wife.
(b) He asks not to be included in one of his books.
(c) He asks for Pan Sholem to bring him a gift.
(d) He asks for Pan Sholem to send news of his health.

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

3. What is the name of the happy man from Kodny?
(a) Pedka.
(b) Alter.
(c) Chevka.
(d) Shimon.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Chvedka's profession?

2. How does Tevye find Mendl in Yehpuetz?

3. Where does Tevye find his horse after he has eaten dinner at the rich man's dacha?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the appearance of Ahronchik.

6. Describe the appearance of the man who suggests they "pass the hat around," in the Competitors.

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

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

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

10. How doe Tevye and Menachem spend their evening together?

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