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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator in the Introduction?
(a) Esther.
(b) Chaim.
(c) He is not yet named.
(d) Jonathon.

2. To what time does a flashback go?
(a) January, 1948.
(b) Fall, 1949.
(c) Fall, 1949.
(d) January, 1950.

3. About what does Reuven say he has no right to be angry?
(a) Kalman's actions.
(b) Reuven does not talk about being angry.
(c) The reception of his father's book.
(d) Who Rachel is becoming serious with romantically.

4. About what is the narrator's father writing a book?
(a) The crusades.
(b) The Talmud.
(c) Zionism.
(d) Peaceful negotiations.

5. How is Michael doing?
(a) As well as can be expected.
(b) Reuven does not know.
(c) He has had a major breakdown.
(d) He is fine and has been released from treatment.

6. What is one possible explanation for Michael's nosebleeds?
(a) Being underweight.
(b) Insomnia.
(c) Allergies.
(d) Being overweight.

7. Where do the narrator and Rachel spend the summer together?
(a) On a ranch in the Rockies.
(b) In Nova Scotia.
(c) In New Brunswick.
(d) In Peekskill.

8. What does Kalman have Reuven read aloud?
(a) The laws of ex-communication.
(b) Parts of Kalman's newest publication.
(c) The writ of excommication of Professor Gordon.
(d) Texts by Gemora.

9. Who does Michael see briefly?
(a) Danny.
(b) His grandparents who are visiting from Israel.
(c) His mother.
(d) Mrs. Gordon.

10. What does Michael see in himself?
(a) Some of his father.
(b) A passionate truth seeker.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) A cynic.

11. What time frame does Chapter 5 concern?
(a) Autumn to early December of 1951.
(b) Late 1952.
(c) Early 1951.
(d) It is not stated.

12. What type of an emergency has Danny had in this chapter that tires him?
(a) His house catches fire.
(b) An emergency with a schizophrenic boy.
(c) His father dies.
(d) The hospital where Daniel works catches fire.

13. According to Rueven's friend, what rumors are circulating through the seminary?
(a) That Reuven is going to be dismissed from seminary.
(b) That Reuven is going to apply to Professor Gordon's seminary.
(c) That Kalman has a personal vendetta against Professor Gordon,
(d) That Reuven plans to marry Rachel Gordon.

14. What kind of game do Reuven, Rachel and Michael go to?
(a) A bottle knock down.
(b) A dice game.
(c) Ring toss.
(d) Ball throwing.

15. What past experience of Rabbi Kalman's does Reuven mention?
(a) Fleeing Germany New Zealand in the late 1930s.
(b) The death of the Rabbi's oldest daughter.
(c) Fighting in the Jewish underground in Germany.
(d) Being interned in a concentration camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Reuven read by Kalman on the subway?

2. Why does Reuven say he visited the Frankel library?

3. Who has been seeing Rachel more and more?

4. What does Michael say he cannot get out of his head?

5. What does Michael do that he is cheated out of?

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