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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Danny Saunders visits Reuven Malter in Chapter 7, he wants to take Reuven where to meet his father?
(a) His mother's home.
(b) His aunt's apartment.
(c) Madison Square Garden.
(d) His father’s Shul.

2. In Chapter 8, Danny reads aloud about what historical figure that invented the idea of the tzaddik?
(a) Shimon ben Lakish.
(b) Dov Bear.
(c) Shlomo HaMelech.
(d) Elisha HaNavi.

3. Reuven is preparing for what school vacation in Chapter 9?
(a) Hanukkah vacation.
(b) Spring break.
(c) Summer vacation.
(d) Easter break.

4. Who from Reuven’s baseball team visits him at the hospital in Chapter 3?
(a) Mr. Galanter.
(b) Mr. Thomas.
(c) Mr. Michaels.
(d) Mr. Albertson.

5. To what medical facility is Reuven Malter taken in Chapter 2?
(a) Baptist Medical Center.
(b) The Brooklyn Memorial Hospital.
(c) Bellevue Hospital Center.
(d) Long Island Jewish Medical Center.

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

7. In Chapter 4, Reuven's father tells him that "[t]he Talmud says that a person should do two things for himself. One is to acquire” what?
(a) “A friend.”
(b) “A wife.”
(c) “A teacher.”
(d) “Wealth.”

8. Reuven Malter’s home is described as what in Chapter 5?
(a) A hardstone.
(b) A brownstone.
(c) A blackstone.
(d) A whitestone.

9. Reuven has a picture of which U.S. President on his wall in Chapter 5?
(a) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Woodrow Wilson.

10. Reuven has a picture of what physicist on his wall in Chapter 5?
(a) Riccardo Giacconi.
(b) Roger Penrose.
(c) Abraham Bennet.
(d) Albert Einstein.

11. What is the seventh day of the Jewish week and the Jewish day of rest?
(a) Reviʻi.
(b) Rishon.
(c) Shlishi.
(d) Shabbat.

12. How old is Danny Saunders in Chapter 1?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

13. Who were historically referred to as the “Masters of the Name” and were believed to be capable of driving away evil spirits by using magical amulets, according to Reuven’s father in Chapter 6?
(a) The Messiahs.
(b) The Yeshiva Payot.
(c) The Ba'ale Shem.
(d) The Shadira.

14. What led to Reuven Malter’s injury in Chapter 2?
(a) A dog attacked him.
(b) He got into a fight.
(c) He fell down the stairs.
(d) He was hit by a baseball.

15. According to Reuven’s father in Chapter 6, the Cossacks were members of what church in Russia?
(a) The Greek Orthodox Church.
(b) The Pentecostal Church.
(c) The Evangelical Church.
(d) The Church of Vissarionism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sigmund Freud is considered to be the father of what?

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

3. Reuven’s father says that in 1700 a Jewish child named Israel was born. Instead of studying the Talmud, Israel studied what?

4. What is the name of the nurse who is in charge of Reuven Malter in the hospital in Chapter 2?

5. Reuven is amazed in Chapter 5 that the baseball game accident had happened only how many days ago?

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