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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 been seeing Rachel more and more?
(a) An unnamed man from Harvard.
(b) Reuven.
(c) Danny.
(d) Michael.

2. Who asks Reuven to talk with Michael?
(a) Danny.
(b) Rachel Gordon.
(c) Professor Gordon.
(d) Reuven's father.

3. What is one thing that is established in the narrator's neighborhood as it becomes more populous?
(a) A neighborhood watch system.
(b) Two rival gangs.
(c) A bookie system.
(d) Educational institutions.

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

5. According to rumors, what is one thing Kalman goes through during WWII?
(a) Fleeing from Germany to Australia.
(b) Being forced to work in mines in Poland.
(c) Seeing his family shot.
(d) Seeing his children taken for adoption by German families.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reuven hear about Michael?

2. What classes does Reuven study?

3. Who calls Reuven and is acting odd?

4. How was Danny taught about suffering by his father?

5. Who does Michael see briefly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Reuven reveal in a flashback?

2. What does Michael say about orthodox Jews?

3. Describe the neighborhood in which the narrator lives at the opening of the The Promise.

4. When does Michael get a nosebleed at the fair, and what do Reuven and Rachel do?

5. How does the narrator's neighborhood change in the early 1950s?

6. How does Reuven work out a way to meet Professor Gordon?

7. Describe Reuven and Michael's phone conversation.

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

9. Describe Reuven's visit with Danny.

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

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