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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Hebrew word for sidelocks or sidecurls within the Jewish tradition?
(a) Seder.
(b) Nisan.
(c) Payot.
(d) Tefillin.

2. Reuven Malter’s home is described as what in Chapter 5?
(a) A hardstone.
(b) A brownstone.
(c) A whitestone.
(d) A blackstone.

3. Reuven has a picture of what physicist on his wall in Chapter 5?
(a) Riccardo Giacconi.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Roger Penrose.
(d) Abraham Bennet.

4. To what medical facility is Reuven Malter taken in Chapter 2?
(a) Baptist Medical Center.
(b) The Brooklyn Memorial Hospital.
(c) Long Island Jewish Medical Center.
(d) Bellevue Hospital Center.

5. 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 tattered shards of my ego.”
(b) “The shattered lends of my glasses.”
(c) “The trampled shards of my Tefillin.”
(d) “The torn pages of the Talmud.”

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name is Danny Saunders’ father referred to in the novel?

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

3. Where does Reuven Malter’s father spend much of his time at home in Chapter 5?

4. Who is Reuven Malter’s gym teacher in Chapter 1?

5. What is Reuven forbidden to do while he recovers in the hospital in Chapter 3?

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