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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Reuven’s father in Chapter 6, the Cossacks were members of what church in Russia?
(a) The Church of Vissarionism.
(b) The Evangelical Church.
(c) The Pentecostal Church.
(d) The Greek Orthodox Church.

2. Reuven has a picture of which U.S. President on his wall in Chapter 5?
(a) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

3. What is the Hebrew word for sidelocks or sidecurls within the Jewish tradition?
(a) Seder.
(b) Tefillin.
(c) Payot.
(d) Nisan.

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

5. Who led the Cossacks when they rose up against the Nobles, according to Reuven’s father in Chapter 6?
(a) Bogdan Chmielnicki.
(b) Alexander Tsiurupa.
(c) Dmitry Donskoy.
(d) Dmytro Vyshnevetsky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the ex-boxer who stays in the hospital bed by Reuven in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

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