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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the diamond dealer do to the young man who returns his case?

2. Why does Berko think the train stopped?

3. What convinces the Jews of Bohopoli to become "poliakovs" or people work for the railroad?

4. Why does the thief claim to have no luck?

5. Why won't Yoyl terminate Kompanyevitch's lease even though he greatly dislikes him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the term "meeting the train" mean?

2. What type of relationship does Yoyl have with his neighbor Kompanyevitch?

3. Describe the appearance of Danielchik.

4. What does the Jewish holiday of Sukkos celebrate?

5. Describe the appearance of Yoyl Tashker.

6. Describe the appearance of Motek.

7. How does the narrator of High School describe his wife?

8. How does the Diamond Dealer describe the thief?

9. How do Moshke's neighbors respond when his store burns down a second time?

10. How did Rayzl's birth mother die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How can the character of Tevye be seen as an permutation of the biblical character of Job and how has Aleichem fostered this comparison through Tevye's experiences and outlook?

Essay Topic 2

How does Aleichem establish money as a literary symbol in "Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories" and what abstract meanings are represented by it?

Essay Topic 3

How does Aleichem reveal motives of protagonists in his stories? Using at least three different examples, discuss how Aleichem reveals the motives of the narrators and how those motives strengthen the characterizations.

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