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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Danny taught about suffering by his father?
(a) Danny's father only spoke to him when studying the Talmud.
(b) Danny's father shows him pictures of bombed cities.
(c) Danny's father makes him beg at Coney Island on Saturdays.
(d) Danny's father takes him to post-WWII Germany.

2. For what purpose does Professor Gordon want Reuven to bring his friend Daniel Saunders to the Gordon home?
(a) To ask Daniel about his experiences in a concentration camp.
(b) To see if Daniel and Michael will hit if off.
(c) Because Rachel would like to meet Daniel.
(d) As a mitzvah.

3. Who says it is not a good day to visit?
(a) Michael.
(b) Mrs. Gordon.
(c) Professor Gordon.
(d) Rachel.

4. How does Reuven describe Professor Gordon?
(a) A fanatical Zionist.
(b) A very liberal Jewish Rabbi.
(c) A kind, gentle soul.
(d) A fanatical, orthodox Rabbi.

5. Why does Michael hate orthodox Jews?
(a) Because they make other Jews look unholy.
(b) Because they are fanatics and hypocrites.
(c) He does not hate them; he is fascinated with them.
(d) Because the girl he likes father is one and he will not allow them to see each other.

6. Who is Giordano Bruno?
(a) The neighborhood baker.
(b) A famous doctor from Sicily.
(c) A man burned at the stake for preaching that the stars were suns.
(d) A famous painter from Italy.

7. What does Kalman ask Reuven one day after class?
(a) If Rueven was associating with Professor Gorden at Frankel library.
(b) If Reuven's father could give Kalman a call.
(c) If Reuven is dating Rachel Gordon.
(d) If Reuven wants to be his research assistant.

8. What is the name of the narrator in the Introduction?
(a) Jonathon.
(b) He is not yet named.
(c) Chaim.
(d) Esther.

9. Where do the narrator and Rachel spend the summer together?
(a) On a ranch in the Rockies.
(b) In Nova Scotia.
(c) In New Brunswick.
(d) In Peekskill.

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

11. About what does Reuven say he has no right to be angry?
(a) Kalman's actions.
(b) Who Rachel is becoming serious with romantically.
(c) The reception of his father's book.
(d) Reuven does not talk about being angry.

12. What does Reuven say about Rachel Gordon?
(a) That she is part of an excommunicated family and therefore someone he could not marry.
(b) That she is not educated enough for him to be interested in her.
(c) That there was nothing between him and Rachel.
(d) That she is too intellectual for him to consider her as a wife.

13. What is one possible explanation for Michael's nosebleeds?
(a) Allergies.
(b) Being underweight.
(c) Being overweight.
(d) Insomnia.

14. Who is David Malter?
(a) Reuven's neighbor.
(b) Michael's uncle.
(c) Reuven's grandfather.
(d) Reuven's father.

15. What kind of game do Reuven, Rachel and Michael go to?
(a) A dice game.
(b) Ring toss.
(c) Ball throwing.
(d) A bottle knock down.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Reuven encounter Professor Gordon?

2. Where does Reuven go the day after the fair?

3. What sect is the seminary that Reuven attends?

4. According to Reuven, what will happen to the Hasid if they do not change?

5. How is Michael doing?

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