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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Malters’ housekeeper in Chapter 5?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Irina.
(c) Manya.
(d) Sarah.

2. After not seeing him for several months, Reuven goes to visit Danny at the end of which month in Chapter 11?
(a) August.
(b) May.
(c) November.
(d) February.

3. Reb Saunders views a secular Jewish state as a sacrilege and violation of what?
(a) The Christian Bible.
(b) The Torah.
(c) Democracy.
(d) The Quran.

4. What does Danny Saunders tell Reuven when he visits him at the hospital in Chapter 3?
(a) He will never play baseball again.
(b) He's sorry.
(c) His team lost.
(d) His team won.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In regarding Danny’s relationship with his father, Reuven says in Chapter 12, "I almost had the impression that they were physically incapable of communicating with each other about” what?

3. What is the Hebrew word for sidelocks or sidecurls within the Jewish tradition?

4. Reuven has been given permission to do what again in Chapter 9?

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

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