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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what medical facility is Reuven Malter taken in Chapter 2?
(a) Long Island Jewish Medical Center.
(b) Bellevue Hospital Center.
(c) Baptist Medical Center.
(d) The Brooklyn Memorial Hospital.

2. What kind of school does Reuven Malter attend in Chapter 1?
(a) A Pilpul.
(b) A Yeshiva.
(c) A Kosher.
(d) A Smicha.

3. What is the seventh day of the Jewish week and the Jewish day of rest?
(a) Rishon.
(b) Shabbat.
(c) Reviʻi.
(d) Shlishi.

4. What is the name of the Jewish coming-of-age ritual for young boys?
(a) Shavout.
(b) Bar Mitzvah.
(c) Ta'anit Esther.
(d) Shushan Purim.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Reuven forbidden to do while he recovers in the hospital in Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 8, Danny reads aloud about what historical figure that invented the idea of the tzaddik?

3. Who reveals that he meets with Danny Saunders in the library in Chapter 4?

4. What is a Jewish term referring to one who does not have a share in the world to come?

5. 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?

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