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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Food that may be consumed according to Jewish law is termed what in English?
(a) Kosher.
(b) Yeshiva.
(c) Talmud.
(d) Smicha.

2. Reuven is amazed in Chapter 5 that the baseball game accident had happened only how many days ago?
(a) 15.
(b) 3.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

3. In Chapter 5, Reuven says, "I felt I had crossed into another world, that little pieces of my old self had been left behind on the black asphalt floor of the school yard alongside” what?
(a) “The shattered lends of my glasses.”
(b) “The trampled shards of my Tefillin.”
(c) “The torn pages of the Talmud.”
(d) “The tattered shards of my ego.”

4. What text do Danny and Reuven spend studying at Reb Saunders’ study in Chapter 8?
(a) Midrash Tanhuma.
(b) Sepher Yezirah.
(c) Pirkei Avot.
(d) Tanakh.

5. When Franklin Roosevelt dies in the narrative, Reuven’s father comments that he had seen the country through what?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The age of electricity.
(c) The Great Depression.
(d) The Bronze Age.

Short Answer Questions

1. Reuven's father says in Chapter 4 that "two people who are true friends are like two bodies with” what?

2. The Malters’ housekeeper is from where in the novel?

3. What does Reuven tell Mr. Savo he wants to be when he grows up in Chapter 3?

4. What refers to a front-buttoned coat or overdress, usually reaching to the ankles, with long sleeves, worn by Hasidic Jews?

5. What is the standard Hebrew Biblical term for non-Jews?

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