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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Reuven Malter is told that he will be released from the hospital when in Chapter 4?
(a) At the end of the week.
(b) In 12 hours.
(c) At the end of the month.
(d) In 6 hours.

4. Danny Saunders and Reuven Malter discover they were born how far apart in Chapter 7?
(a) 7 weeks.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 8 days.

5. Whose actions led to Reuven Malter’s injury in Chapter 2?
(a) Billy Merritt's.
(b) Jack Rose's.
(c) Schwartzie’s.
(d) Danny Saunders’.

6. What does Danny Saunders tell Reuven when he visits him at the hospital in Chapter 3?
(a) His team lost.
(b) His team won.
(c) He's sorry.
(d) He will never play baseball again.

7. What does Reuven Malter’s father bring to him while he is in the hospital in Chapter 2?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A radio.
(c) A television.
(d) A Torah.

8. In Chapter 5, Reuven says, "I felt I had crossed into another world, that little pieces of my old self had been left behind on the black asphalt floor of the school yard alongside” what?
(a) “The trampled shards of my Tefillin.”
(b) “The tattered shards of my ego.”
(c) “The shattered lends of my glasses.”
(d) “The torn pages of the Talmud.”

9. 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 teacher.”
(b) “Wealth.”
(c) “A wife.”
(d) “A friend.”

10. 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) Baseball games.
(c) Propositional calculus.
(d) Geography.

11. 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.

12. Danny Saunders explains to Reuven in Chapter 8 that he wants to read Freud but first must learn what in order to read his original writings?
(a) Dutch.
(b) Polish.
(c) Spanish.
(d) German.

13. What does Reuven tell Mr. Savo his father wants him to be when he grows up in Chapter 3?
(a) A mathematician.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A banker.
(d) A doctor.

14. What is a Jewish term referring to one who does not have a share in the world to come?
(a) Apikoros.
(b) Pilpul.
(c) Shabbat.
(d) Payot.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. In Chapter 8, Danny reads aloud about what historical figure that invented the idea of the tzaddik?

4. Only what language is spoken at the service at Danny Saunders’ synagogue in Chapter 7?

5. Who is the attending doctor to Reuven Malter during his hospital stay in Chapter 2?

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