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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Jewish coming-of-age ritual for young boys?
(a) Ta'anit Esther.
(b) Bar Mitzvah.
(c) Shushan Purim.
(d) Shavout.

2. Reuven is not allowed to read yet, so he goes over what in his head at the library in Chapter 8?
(a) Baseball games.
(b) Geography.
(c) Propositional calculus.
(d) The American Civil War.

3. From where does Reuven have glass removed in Chapter 2?
(a) His right foot.
(b) His right ankle.
(c) His left eye.
(d) His left hand.

4. Reuven has war maps from what periodical all over his walls in Chapter 5?
(a) Newsweek.
(b) Time.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) National Geographic.

5. Who were historically referred to as the “Masters of the Name” and were believed to be capable of driving away evil spirits by using magical amulets, according to Reuven’s father in Chapter 6?
(a) The Messiahs.
(b) The Shadira.
(c) The Yeshiva Payot.
(d) The Ba'ale Shem.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, Danny's amazing intellect is shown through his memorizations of what?

2. Who from Reuven’s baseball team visits him at the hospital in Chapter 3?

3. Danny Saunders finds Reuven at the library and reads aloud to him passages from what book in Chapter 8?

4. What does Reuven’s father refer to as discussion about the Talmud that has no relationship to the world in Chapter 6?

5. According to Reuven’s father in Chapter 6, the Cossacks were members of what church in Russia?

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