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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Danny Saunders jokes that he is what to Reuven Malter in Chapter 4?
(a) A brother.
(b) A saint.
(c) A father figure.
(d) The Messiah.

2. What is Reuven forbidden to do while he recovers in the hospital in Chapter 3?
(a) Pray.
(b) Eat.
(c) Use the bathroom.
(d) Read.

3. 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.

4. By what name is Danny Saunders’ father referred to in the novel?
(a) Reb Saunders.
(b) Max Saunders.
(c) Don Saunders.
(d) Jed Saunders.

5. Who reveals that he meets with Danny Saunders in the library in Chapter 4?
(a) Dr. Grossman.
(b) David Malter.
(c) Mr. Galanter.
(d) Schwartzie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reuven’s father refer to as discussion about the Talmud that has no relationship to the world in Chapter 6?

2. Reuven takes part in the Torah service by doing what in Chapter 7?

3. What is a system of assigning numerical value to a word or phrase, in the belief that words or phrases with identical numerical values bear some relation to each other, or bear some relation to the number itself as it may apply to a person's age, the calendar year, or the like?

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

5. What does Danny Saunders want to be when he grows up in Chapter 3?

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