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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What led to Reuven Malter’s injury in Chapter 2?
(a) He fell down the stairs.
(b) He got into a fight.
(c) He was hit by a baseball.
(d) A dog attacked him.

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

3. What does Reuven Malter’s father bring to him while he is in the hospital in Chapter 2?
(a) A television.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A Torah.
(d) A radio.

4. In what language are lessons taught at Reuven Malter’s school in Chapter 1?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Yiddish.
(d) English.

5. Reuven learns that Danny’s father only talks to him when in Chapter 4?
(a) When they study the Talmud.
(b) On weekends.
(c) At dinner.
(d) At breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who from Reuven’s baseball team visits him at the hospital in Chapter 3?

3. What is the name of Reuven Malter’s father in the narrative?

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

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?

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