1. Reuven becomes upset because whose notions contradict everything he knows in Chapter 12?
(a) Pablo Picasso’s.
(b) Heidegger’s.
(c) Adolf Hitler's.
(d) Sigmund Freud’s.

2. 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?
(a) Wealth.
(b) A car.
(c) A wife.
(d) A friend.

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

4. Reuven's father remarks in Chapter 4, "No one knows he is fortunate until he becomes” what?
(a) “Unfortunate.”
(b) “Abandoned.”
(c) “Angry.”
(d) “Poor.”

5. In the beginning of Chapter 3, the hospital patients are listening to the news about what historical event?
(a) “D-Day.”
(b) The moon landing.
(c) The John F. Kennedy assassination.
(d) The dropping of the atomic bomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. When Franklin Roosevelt dies in the narrative, Reuven’s father comments that he had seen the country through what?

3. In Chapter 3, Danny's amazing intellect is shown through his memorizations of what?

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

5. From where does Reuven have glass removed in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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