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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One, Chapter Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Michael while he is arguing?
(a) He breaks down.
(b) He hits the elderly man.
(c) Nothing.
(d) He pulls out a gun and shoots the booth attendant.

2. Why are Rachel and Reuven nervous about what Michael is doing?
(a) He might lose a lot of money.
(b) They are afraid Michael might rile up the neighborhood gangs.
(c) He is in danger of falling again.
(d) Michael is taunting the boy who gave him a nosebleed.

3. Why has the population of the narrator's neighborhood grown rapidly by 1950?
(a) People are escaping persecution in other countries.
(b) The government offered free housing to people who would work in the factories there during the war.
(c) The population has not increased much at all.
(d) A high birth rate after the end of WWII.

4. Who is Michael Gordon?
(a) Rachel's father.
(b) Rachel's cousin.
(c) Rachel's uncle.
(d) Rachel's brother.

5. What does Michael do that he is cheated out of?
(a) He wins a trophy.
(b) Nothing.
(c) He throws three baseballs in the holes.
(d) He knocks the milk bottoms over.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Reuven?

2. To what religion does the narrator's neighborhood belong?

3. What does Reuven decide to teach Michael?

4. Where is the setting at the opening of the Introduction?

5. Why does Michael hate orthodox Jews?

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