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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Reuven Malter in Chapter 1?
(a) 7.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

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

3. Reuven is not allowed to read yet, so he goes over what in his head at the library in Chapter 8?
(a) The American Civil War.
(b) Geography.
(c) Baseball games.
(d) Propositional calculus.

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

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

6. Reuven goes onto his front porch and observes what caught in a spider web in Chapter 9?
(a) A dragonfly.
(b) An ant.
(c) A grasshopper.
(d) A housefly.

7. What is the name of the young blind boy that Reuven meets at the hospital in Chapter 2?
(a) Davey Canter.
(b) Sidney Goldberg.
(c) Billy Merritt.
(d) Jack Rose.

8. Reuven has not seen Danny Saunders in how long in the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 8 hours.

9. 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 Shadira.
(b) The Yeshiva Payot.
(c) The Ba'ale Shem.
(d) The Messiahs.

10. What does Reuven tell Mr. Savo he wants to be when he grows up in Chapter 3?
(a) A baseball player.
(b) An astronaut.
(c) A rabbi.
(d) A policeman.

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

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

13. Danny Saunders’ father brought his congregation to the United States and settled in what neighborhood of Brooklyn?
(a) Sheepshead bay.
(b) Clinton hill.
(c) South Park Slope.
(d) Williamsburg.

14. Reuven has been given permission to do what again in Chapter 9?
(a) Ride a bicycle.
(b) Read.
(c) Play baseball.
(d) Watch television.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 4, Reuven's father tells him that "[t]he Talmud says that a person should do two things for himself.” Reuven chimes in to say that the second thing is to acquire what?

4. 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?

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

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