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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Reuven takes part in the Torah service by doing what in Chapter 7?
(a) Dancing with the Rabbi.
(b) Reciting the blessing over the Torah.
(c) Lighting the candles.
(d) Kneeling for the messiah.

3. Reuven is not allowed to read yet, so he goes over what in his head at the library in Chapter 8?
(a) Geography.
(b) Propositional calculus.
(c) The American Civil War.
(d) Baseball games.

4. Danny Saunders explains to Reuven in Chapter 8 that he wants to read Freud but first must learn what in order to read his original writings?
(a) Polish.
(b) German.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Dutch.

5. In describing the history of the Jews, Reuven’s father says in Chapter 6 that which European country encouraged Jews to come live there because the country was poor and needed a boost to the economy?
(a) Spain.
(b) Poland.
(c) Finland.
(d) Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reb Saunders ask Reuven while they are alone waiting for tea in Chapter 8?

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

3. What does Danny Saunders want to be when he grows up in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 5, Reuven says, "I felt I had crossed into another world, that little pieces of my old self had been left behind on the black asphalt floor of the school yard alongside” what?

5. What does Danny Saunders tell Reuven when he visits him at the hospital in Chapter 3?

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