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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the ex-boxer who stays in the hospital bed by Reuven in Chapter 2?
(a) Mr. Merritt.
(b) Mr. Canter.
(c) Mr. Savo.
(d) Mr. Gershenson.

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

3. Reuven learns that Billy’s family is moving where in Chapter 9?
(a) Hartford, Connecticut.
(b) Portland, Maine.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Albany, New York.

4. Danny Saunders plans on studying the Talmud and reading the works of whom during his vacation in Chapter 9?
(a) George Washington.
(b) Sigmund Freud.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

5. What psychological term refers to the ability to acquire knowledge without inference and/or the use of reason?
(a) Intuition.
(b) Arrogance.
(c) Calamity.
(d) Excitement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the young blind boy that Reuven meets at the hospital in Chapter 2?

2. Reuven’s Talmud instructor calls on him to discuss Talmud texts at the end of February in Chapter 14. For how many days does Reuven continue discussing the passage in class?

3. Reuven's father says in Chapter 13, "...the fanaticism of men like Reb Saunders kept us alive for” how many years of exile?

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

5. Reuven begins what year of his college studies at the end of Chapter 15?

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