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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. What is one topic of conversation between Reuven and Michael the next day after the fair?
(a) Rachel's good points.
(b) Rachel's family.
(c) The defeat of Germany.
(d) Michael's nosebleeds.

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

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

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

5. What sect is the seminary that Reuven attends?
(a) Conservative.
(b) Reform.
(c) Orthodox.
(d) Hasidic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sects have inhabited the narrator's neighborhood?

2. What happens to Michael between the time of his breaking down at the fair and then arriving home?

3. Who does Michael see briefly?

4. What happens to Michael while he is arguing?

5. What is one major point of Gordon's "theology"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Reuven's visit with Danny.

4. What does Reuven reveal in a flashback?

5. Describe Reuven and Michael's phone conversation.

6. What does Kalman discuss with Reuven after class concerning Professor Gordon?

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

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

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

10. What happens between October and December for Reuven?

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