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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Reb Saunders ask Reuven while they are alone waiting for tea in Chapter 8?
(a) What books Danny is reading.
(b) If Danny has lied to him.
(c) How Danny acts at school.
(d) If Danny has a girlfriend.

2. Who does Reuven Malter hear groaning from his hospital bed in the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Mr. Merritt.
(b) Mr. Savo.
(c) Mr. Cantor.
(d) Mr. Carpenter.

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

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) Spanish.
(b) Dutch.
(c) Polish.
(d) German.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who from Reuven’s baseball team visits him at the hospital in Chapter 3?

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

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

5. Danny Saunders’ father brought his congregation to the United States after what historic event?

(see the answer key)

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