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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When considering his further education, Danny states that he will rid himself of what?
(a) His family heritage.
(b) Religious viewpoints.
(c) Political affiliations.
(d) Sidelocks and Hasidic attire.

2. A battle breaks out between Hasidic and non-Hasidic Jews during lunch one day about what in Chapter 13?
(a) The holiest of the texts.
(b) How Judaism relates to Christianity.
(c) The religious rights of all people.
(d) The creation of a Jewish state.

3. What gesture does Danny Saunders make that indicates to Reuven he is showing sympathy for Reuven and his father in Chapter 14?
(a) He brushes him in the hallway.
(b) He pats him on the back.
(c) He winks at him.
(d) He tips his hat.

4. During what month is it rumored at Reuven’s college that a recent graduate has been killed in the fighting in Palestine in Chapter 15?
(a) June.
(b) January.
(c) August.
(d) April.

5. How old was Danny Saunders when he was able to read a story about a poor Jew and his struggles, according to Reb Saunders in Chapter 18?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

6. Reuven becomes upset because whose notions contradict everything he knows in Chapter 12?
(a) Pablo Picasso’s.
(b) Sigmund Freud’s.
(c) Adolf Hitler's.
(d) Heidegger’s.

7. Where did D-day take place in World War II?
(a) Sussex, England.
(b) Okinawa, Japan.
(c) Stalingrad, Russia.
(d) Normandy, France.

8. Reuven’s father tells Danny Saunders that understanding of the silence can only be explained to Danny by whom in Chapter 17?
(a) Levi Saunders.
(b) Dr. Grossman.
(c) Reuven Malter.
(d) Reb Saunders.

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

10. What refers to the virtue of empathy for the suffering of others?
(a) Tolerance.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Misogyny.

11. On what date was the establishment of the State of Israel announced?
(a) May 15, 1948.
(b) August 20, 1946.
(c) January 5, 1945.
(d) November 9, 1952.

12. In Chapter 16, Reuven's father says, "A father can bring up a child any way he wishes...What a price to pay for a” what?
(a) “Human.”
(b) “Soul.”
(c) “Life.”
(d) “Grandson.”

13. In Chapter 13, Danny is upset to find that Hirsch College studies experimental psychology as opposed to what?
(a) Animal psychology.
(b) Clinical psychology.
(c) Freudian psychology.
(d) Adolesent psychology.

14. Reuven and Danny have intense debates during whose class in Chapter 16?
(a) Nathan Appleman’s.
(b) David Malter's.
(c) Reb Saunders'.
(d) Rav Gershenson's.

15. Danny Saunders realizes that his father will discover his educational plans by what means in Chapter 17?
(a) University materials in the mail.
(b) Newspaper articles.
(c) A degree on the wall.
(d) Phone calls from school representatives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Passover begins on the fifteenth day of what month of the Jewish calendar?

2. Reb Saunders views a secular Jewish state as a sacrilege and violation of what?

3. When Franklin Roosevelt dies in the narrative, Reuven’s father comments that he had seen the country through what?

4. When did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt die?

5. What name refers to the genocide of millions of European Jews during World War II?

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