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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Reuven begins attending whose Talmud class in Chapter 14?
(a) Rav Gershenson’s.
(b) Professor Nathan Appleman.
(c) Reb Saunders.
(d) David Malter.

2. For how long does Reuven’s family go to stay in a cottage in Chapter 10?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 10 days.

3. Reuven becomes upset because whose notions contradict everything he knows in Chapter 12?
(a) Pablo Picasso’s.
(b) Sigmund Freud’s.
(c) Adolf Hitler's.
(d) Heidegger’s.

4. Reuven comes to believe that his Talmud teacher sympathizes with what viewpoint in the end of Chapter 14?
(a) The Christian viewpoint.
(b) The Islamic viewpoint.
(c) The Hasidic viewpoint.
(d) The Mormon viewpoint.

5. Where does Reuven’s father give a speech in support of Zionism in Chapter 13?
(a) Central Park.
(b) The American Museum of Natural History.
(c) Madison Square Garden.
(d) The Empire State Building.

6. At the end of Chapter 15, Danny Saunders appears at Reuven’s lunch table and asks for help with what?
(a) Experimental psychology graphs and tables.
(b) World geography.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) English literature.

7. On what date was the establishment of the State of Israel announced?
(a) January 5, 1945.
(b) May 15, 1948.
(c) November 9, 1952.
(d) August 20, 1946.

8. Passover begins on the fifteenth day of what month of the Jewish calendar?
(a) Smicha.
(b) Nisan.
(c) Seder.
(d) Shabbat.

9. In Chapter 14, Reuven’s Talmud teacher poses an unexpected question about the reconciliation and Reuven dismisses it as what?
(a) Kosher.
(b) Seder.
(c) Pilpul.
(d) Gematriya.

10. In Chapter 16, Reuven's father says, "A father can bring up a child any way he wishes...What a price to pay for a” what?
(a) “Grandson.”
(b) “Human.”
(c) “Life.”
(d) “Soul.”

11. In Chapter 18, Reb Saunders says, "...One learns of the pain of others by” what?
(a) “Suffering one’s own pain.”
(b) “Helping them overcome pain.”
(c) “Helping them overcome pain.”
(d) “Discovering the root cause of their pain.”

12. Reuven’s father feels that it is important to have what geographic region as a Jewish homeland?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Holland.
(c) Palestine.
(d) India.

13. How old was Danny Saunders when he was able to read a story about a poor Jew and his struggles, according to Reb Saunders in Chapter 18?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

14. Reuven is called on the first week of which month to discuss texts from the Talmud in his new Talmud class in Chapter 14?
(a) August.
(b) February.
(c) October.
(d) January.

15. While he is hospitalized in Chapter 12, Reuven’s father reads everything he can about what?
(a) The American Revolution.
(b) The Spanish Empire.
(c) Fly fishing.
(d) The downfall of European Jewry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the physician attending on Reuven’s father while he is hospitalized in Chapter 12?

2. Danny Saunders discusses his feelings about experimental psychology with what professor in Chapter 13?

3. Danny Saunders’ psychology professor explains to him that Freudian psychology cannot be applied to what in Chapter 13?

4. Reuven’s Talmud instructor calls on him to discuss Talmud texts at the end of February in Chapter 14. For how many days does Reuven continue discussing the passage in class?

5. Who in the Saunders home has unexplained crying spells in Chapter 12?

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