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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Kotzker Rebbe have disagreements?
(a) Many Hasidic sects.
(b) The reformed Jews.
(c) No one.
(d) The Zionists.

2. What does Michael see in himself?
(a) Some of his father.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) A cynic.
(d) A passionate truth seeker.

3. Who is Rachel Gorden?
(a) A traveling circus member.
(b) A woman the narrator meets at a Spring party.
(c) The narrator's grandmama.
(d) The neighborhood rabbi's daughter.

4. About whom does Michael fantasize?
(a) Michael's next-door neighbor.
(b) Reuven.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Sarah.

5. Where does Reuven go the day after the fair?
(a) Times Square.
(b) Coney Island.
(c) The Empire State Building.
(d) The beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Michael feel bad?

2. To what religion does the narrator's neighborhood belong?

3. What does Reuven hear about Michael?

4. Why does Reuven say he visited the Frankel library?

5. When does Reuven return to seminary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What rumors infuriate Reuven and his father?

2. Who does Reuven encounter at the library and what is the person doing?

3. Describe Reuven's visit with Danny.

4. Describe the game which Michael is playing and which is making Reuven and Rachel nervous for him.

5. Where do Michael and Reuven go the day after the fair, and what does Reuven teach Michael?

6. What is the topic of Michael's long-winded monologue to Reuven?

7. Where does Professor Gordon invite Reuven and what does Reuven do?

8. Describe the elderly man who is the father of the booth attendant at the dice game.

9. What does Reuven reveal in a flashback?

10. Who does Reuven call the day after sailing with Michael and what is the result?

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