Backbone View not redelegating events

sample.view.js

var sampleView = Backbone.View.extend({
  events: {
    "click": "myClickHandler"
  },
  render: {
    // the following constructor creates an element with the class ".test" and adds it to the DOM
    var newElemInstance = new externalModuleConstructor();
    this.setElement(document.querySelector(".test"));
  }
});

var view = new SampleView();
// view.$el --> <div class="test">
// click on <div class="test"> doesn't call myClickHandler