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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) 15.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

2. When Danny Saunders visits Reuven for the second time at the hospital, he reveals that during the baseball game he had wanted to do what?
(a) Steal home plate.
(b) Break Reuven’s head open with a bat.
(c) Be part of a triple play.
(d) His a home run.

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

4. What is the name of the ex-boxer who stays in the hospital bed by Reuven in Chapter 2?
(a) Mr. Canter.
(b) Mr. Savo.
(c) Mr. Merritt.
(d) Mr. Gershenson.

5. How many blocks away from Reuven Malter does Danny Saunders live in Chapter 1?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Hebrew word for sidelocks or sidecurls within the Jewish tradition?

2. Reuven's father says in Chapter 4 that "two people who are true friends are like two bodies with” what?

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

4. In the beginning of Chapter 3, the hospital patients are listening to the news about what historical event?

5. How old is Reuven Malter in Chapter 1?

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