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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Reuven is amazed in Chapter 5 that the baseball game accident had happened only how many days ago?
(a) 8.
(b) 3.
(c) 15.
(d) 5.

2. Reuven enjoys listening to a symphony by what composer on the radio in Chapter 5?
(a) Bach.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Tchaikovsky.
(d) Mozart.

3. Reuven Malter is told that he will be released from the hospital when in Chapter 4?
(a) In 12 hours.
(b) In 6 hours.
(c) At the end of the week.
(d) At the end of the month.

4. What name refers to a set of small black leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah, which are worn by observant Jews during weekday morning prayers?
(a) Seder.
(b) Goyim.
(c) Peyot.
(d) Tefillin.

5. In Chapter 4, Reuven's father tells him that "[t]he Talmud says that a person should do two things for himself. One is to acquire” what?
(a) “Wealth.”
(b) “A wife.”
(c) “A teacher.”
(d) “A friend.”

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Reuven Malter in Chapter 1?

2. What is the name of the ex-boxer who stays in the hospital bed by Reuven in Chapter 2?

3. What kind of school does Reuven Malter attend in Chapter 1?

4. The Malters’ housekeeper is from where in the novel?

5. What does Danny Saunders want to be when he grows up in Chapter 3?

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