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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What name refers to a set of small black leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah, which are worn by observant Jews during weekday morning prayers?
(a) Peyot.
(b) Tefillin.
(c) Goyim.
(d) Seder.

3. What does Danny Saunders want to be when he grows up in Chapter 3?
(a) A bus driver.
(b) A chemist.
(c) A psychologist.
(d) A meteorologist.

4. What word does Reuven research the meaning of to help him understand the trouble Danny has with experimental psychology in Chapter 13?
(a) “Psychic.”
(b) “Embryo.”
(c) “Cadaver.”
(d) “Unconscious.”

5. When does the news of unconditional surrender come in Chapter 11?
(a) May 7.
(b) July 4.
(c) November 16.
(d) January 27.

Short Answer Questions

1. A battle breaks out between Hasidic and non-Hasidic Jews during lunch one day about what in Chapter 13?

2. What is the name of the nurse who is in charge of Reuven Malter in the hospital in Chapter 2?

3. Where do Reuven and his family go to stay at a cottage in Chapter 10?

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. In Chapter 13, Danny is upset to find that Hirsch College studies experimental psychology as opposed to what?

(see the answer key)

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