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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the Jewish, elderly man who comes up to Reuven, Rachel and Michael?
(a) Michael's grandfather.
(b) The local Rabbi.
(c) The booth attendant's father.
(d) A visiting Rabbi from Israel.

3. Where does Reuven go the day after the fair?
(a) Coney Island.
(b) The Empire State Building.
(c) Times Square.
(d) The beach.

4. According to Reuven, what will happen to the Hasid if they do not change?
(a) They will grow stronger.
(b) They will stagnate.
(c) They will lose.
(d) They will be left at the wayside.

5. What leads Reuven to read books by Professor Gordon?
(a) Reuven's interest in Rachel Gordon.
(b) Reuven's distaste for Rabbi Kalman.
(c) Reuven's search for meaning.
(d) Reuven's father asks him to do so.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose class is Reuven in at the opening of Chapter 6?

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

3. What is one image Michael sees in the clouds?

4. Who does Reuven arrange to meet?

5. What classes does Reuven study?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kalman discuss with Reuven after class concerning Professor Gordon?

2. What does Danny tell Reuven about Michael?

3. What has Reuven's father completed during the Fall and early Winter?

4. Describe the neighborhood in which the narrator lives at the opening of the The Promise.

5. What do Reuven and Professor Gordon discuss about Michael?

6. Who does Reuven encounter at the library and what is the person doing?

7. Who does the narrator meet in Spring of 1950 that changes his view some about his religion?

8. What does Michael say about orthodox Jews?

9. What does Michael tell Reuven about Michael's nosebleeds?

10. What is the topic of Michael's long-winded monologue to Reuven?

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