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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, Chapter Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what religion does the narrator's neighborhood belong?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Christian.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Muslim.

2. Who is Michael Gordon?
(a) Rachel's brother.
(b) Rachel's cousin.
(c) Rachel's uncle.
(d) Rachel's father.

3. What is Rachel urging Michael to do?
(a) Stop rolling the dice.
(b) Go home to rest.
(c) Buy her a candied apple.
(d) See a doctor.

4. Why has the population of the narrator's neighborhood grown rapidly by 1950?
(a) A high birth rate after the end of WWII.
(b) The government offered free housing to people who would work in the factories there during the war.
(c) The population has not increased much at all.
(d) People are escaping persecution in other countries.

5. What happens to Michael between the time of his breaking down at the fair and then arriving home?
(a) He blacks out.
(b) He is arrested for disrespect to a police officer.
(c) He gets a ticket.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Abraham Gordon?

2. What does Reuven decide to teach Michael?

3. Where do the narrator and Rachel spend the summer together?

4. What is one topic of conversation between Reuven and Michael the next day after the fair?

5. What is one thing that is established in the narrator's neighborhood as it becomes more populous?

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