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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Reuven’s father says that in 1700 a Jewish child named Israel was born. Instead of studying the Talmud, Israel studied what?
(a) The Midrash.
(b) The Nevi'im.
(c) The Kabbalah.
(d) The Mishnah.

2. It was the end of what month when the American troops reached the Rhine River and held against German counterattacks in Chapter 11?
(a) January.
(b) March.
(c) July.
(d) September.

3. What declines considerably at Reuven’s college after the memorial for a fallen graduate in Chapter 15?
(a) Average GPA.
(b) The Anti-Zionist movement.
(c) Prayer attendance.
(d) Student moral.

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

5. While he is hospitalized in Chapter 12, Reuven’s father reads everything he can about what?
(a) Fly fishing.
(b) The American Revolution.
(c) The Spanish Empire.
(d) The downfall of European Jewry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reuven tell Mr. Savo he wants to be when he grows up in Chapter 3?

2. What has Reuven Malter’s father suffered in Chapter 12?

3. Reuven's father says in Chapter 4 that "two people who are true friends are like two bodies with” what?

4. When was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt born?

5. 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?

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