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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. Where is the setting of Hard Luck?

2. Why doesn't the narrator in trouble at the end of Fated for Misfortune?

3. What language does Paysi learn as a youth in addition to his own?

4. How was Paysi's birth father related to his adopted father?

5. What is the name of the town where the Man from Buenos Aires gets a job leading around a blind cantor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the pogrom rioters find when they arrive at Heysen?

2. Describe the appearance of Yoyl Tashker.

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

4. Why does Moyshe-Nachman have to support Dovid's family in Go Climb a Tree?

5. How did Eisik die in The Automatic Exemption?

6. How was Motek able to emigrate to Buenos Aires?

7. What does the 60-year-old man do to giveaway his skill at cards?

8. What does Motek learn from his succession of low paying difficult jobs?

9. As mentioned in the Slowpoke Express, what does the narrator consider a fact?

10. How does Moshke like to celebrate?

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 is the relationship between Jews and Christians described in the book, and what theme arrives from the comparison of the two different religions?

Essay Topic 3

Aleichem utilizes the literary tool of irony extensively throughout "Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories". Using at least three textual examples, describe how Aleichem utilized irony to establish themes, strengthen characterizations and add humor.

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