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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Reuven’s father in Chapter 6, the Cossacks fought against the Jews in what year?
(a) 1522.
(b) 1587.
(c) 1784.
(d) 1648.

2. What name refers to a set of small black leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah, which are worn by observant Jews during weekday morning prayers?
(a) Peyot.
(b) Tefillin.
(c) Goyim.
(d) Seder.

3. Reuven has war maps from what periodical all over his walls in Chapter 5?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) Time.
(c) National Geographic.
(d) Newsweek.

4. What does Reuven’s father refer to as discussion about the Talmud that has no relationship to the world in Chapter 6?
(a) Nisan.
(b) Smicha.
(c) Pilpul.
(d) Shabbat.

5. In the beginning of Chapter 3, the hospital patients are listening to the news about what historical event?
(a) The dropping of the atomic bomb.
(b) “D-Day.”
(c) The John F. Kennedy assassination.
(d) The moon landing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Danny Saunders’ father brought his congregation to the United States after what historic event?

2. Reuven has a picture of what physicist on his wall in Chapter 5?

3. Danny Saunders jokes that he is what to Reuven Malter in Chapter 4?

4. Reuven learns that Danny’s father only talks to him when in Chapter 4?

5. Danny Saunders’ father brought his congregation to the United States and settled in what neighborhood of Brooklyn?

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