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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.”

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reuven Malter’s father bring to him while he is in the hospital in Chapter 2?

2. How old is Reuven Malter in Chapter 1?

3. Reuven enjoys listening to a symphony by what composer on the radio in Chapter 5?

4. Reuven is amazed in Chapter 5 that the baseball game accident had happened only how many days ago?

5. Danny Saunders jokes that he is what to Reuven Malter in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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