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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Danny Saunders in Chapter 1?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 9.
(d) 8.

2. Danny Saunders’ father brought his congregation to the United States and settled in what neighborhood of Brooklyn?
(a) South Park Slope.
(b) Williamsburg.
(c) Clinton hill.
(d) Sheepshead bay.

3. In Chapter 4, Reuven's father tells him that "[t]he Talmud says that a person should do two things for himself.” Reuven chimes in to say that the second thing is to acquire what?
(a) Wealth.
(b) A wife.
(c) A car.
(d) A friend.

4. What refers to a front-buttoned coat or overdress, usually reaching to the ankles, with long sleeves, worn by Hasidic Jews?
(a) A Yeshiva.
(b) A caftan.
(c) A tzaddik.
(d) A rabbi.

5. Only what language is spoken at the service at Danny Saunders’ synagogue in Chapter 7?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) Russian.
(c) English.
(d) Yiddish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reuven’s father refer to as discussion about the Talmud that has no relationship to the world in Chapter 6?

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

3. Danny Saunders explains to Reuven in Chapter 7 that his grandfather was a well-known Hasidic Jew from where?

4. What does Reuven tell Mr. Savo his father wants him to be when he grows up in Chapter 3?

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

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