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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. Who has shut himself up for twenty years?
(a) The man who lives on Reuven's street.
(b) Reuven's uncle.
(c) Reuven's great-grandmother.
(d) Kotzker Rebbe.

2. 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.

3. What is one major point of Gordon's "theology"?
(a) God is a product of the sum of all souls.
(b) Jews can fail to believe but remain observant.
(c) All religions worship the same god.
(d) Theology is not necessary in the modern world.

4. What does Michael say he cannot get out of his head?
(a) God.
(b) Eternity.
(c) The booth attendant.
(d) Rachel.

5. To whom does the conversation between Danny and Reuven turn after talking about Rachel?
(a) Professor Gordon.
(b) Reuven's father.
(c) Michael.
(d) Kalman Rebbe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Michael and Reuven talk about as far as the clouds go?

2. What does Kalman have Reuven read aloud?

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

4. About what does Reuven say he has no right to be angry?

5. What is one thing Danny and Reuven discuss?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Rav Kalman.

2. What does Michael say about the universe when he is back home after the fair?

3. Describe Reuven's visit with Danny.

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

5. What do Reuven and Professor Gordon discuss about Michael?

6. Who does the narrator meet in Spring of 1950 that changes his view some about his religion?

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

8. What has Reuven's father completed during the Fall and early Winter?

9. How does Danny's father raise Danny?

10. Who is Nota Finkel and for what is he noted?

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