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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What color suitcase did Sabine want when Judy came home in Chapter 4?
2. How many honorary degrees did Ruben receive?
3. In Chapter 5, what name did Peretz Levavi used to go by?
4. Where is Corbindale, New York?
5. Where did Ruben serve during World War I?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Ruben and Edith usually split holidays?
2. Why were Edith and Judith not content in 1959?
3. What was the difference between Ruben and Edith's families?
4. What did Levavi say about the scholar-sage and how did that relate to his opinion of Netanyahu?
5. Why did Ruben's parents refuse to come to Rosh Hashanah in 1959?
6. What was Netanyahu's relationship with Dropsie College, and why was Netanyahu not able to stay on at Dropsie College?
7. How did Dr. Edelman describe Netanyahu's situation?
8. Why did Sabine and Walt bring a nose cream for Judy?
9. How did Ruben serve in World War II?
10. Why would Levavi and his colleagues at Hebrew University not object to Netanyahu obtaining a position in America?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in The Netanyahus? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?
Essay Topic 2
Accumulation is a literary device that takes scattered ideas in a literary work and gradually builds on the information to provide readers what they need to know. How does Cohen use accumulation to reveal and develop Netanyahu’s character?
Essay Topic 3
The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of The Netanyahus and why is that incident the climax?
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