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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Reuven’s father in Chapter 6, the Cossacks were members of what church in Russia?
(a) The Church of Vissarionism.
(b) The Pentecostal Church.
(c) The Greek Orthodox Church.
(d) The Evangelical Church.

2. Which character in the novel says, “It is the end of Hitler, may his name and memory be erased” in Chapter 11?
(a) David Malter.
(b) Rav Gershenson.
(c) Reuven Malter.
(d) Reb Saunders.

3. In Chapter 3, Danny's amazing intellect is shown through his memorizations of what?
(a) The Smicha.
(b) The Talmud.
(c) The Goyim.
(d) The Yeshiva.

4. Who is the attending doctor to Reuven Malter during his hospital stay in Chapter 2?
(a) Dr. Robinson.
(b) Dr. Martin.
(c) Dr. Snydman.
(d) Dr. Lawrence.

5. Danny Saunders finds Reuven at the library and reads aloud to him passages from what book in Chapter 8?
(a) Jews, God, and History.
(b) Jews, Gentiles, and Christianity.
(c) The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels.
(d) The History of the Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. While he is hospitalized in Chapter 12, Reuven’s father reads everything he can about what?

2. Who meets regularly with Reuven and Danny at the library in Chapter 10?

3. Reuven Malter’s home is described as what in Chapter 5?

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?

5. Who does Reuven Malter hear groaning from his hospital bed in the beginning of Chapter 4?

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