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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the seventh day of the Jewish week and the Jewish day of rest?
(a) Rishon.
(b) Reviʻi.
(c) Shlishi.
(d) Shabbat.

2. Reuven’s father feels that it is important to have what geographic region as a Jewish homeland?
(a) Holland.
(b) Palestine.
(c) Egypt.
(d) India.

3. In Chapter 4, Reuven's father tells him that "[t]he Talmud says that a person should do two things for himself. One is to acquire” what?
(a) “A wife.”
(b) “A teacher.”
(c) “Wealth.”
(d) “A friend.”

4. What refers to a front-buttoned coat or overdress, usually reaching to the ankles, with long sleeves, worn by Hasidic Jews?
(a) A caftan.
(b) A rabbi.
(c) A tzaddik.
(d) A Yeshiva.

5. Who is Reuven Malter’s gym teacher in Chapter 1?
(a) Mrs. Snydman.
(b) Mr. Galanter.
(c) Mr. Grossman.
(d) Mrs. Carpenter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Reb Saunders views a secular Jewish state as a sacrilege and violation of what?

2. Which character in the novel says, “It is the end of Hitler, may his name and memory be erased” in Chapter 11?

3. Reuven’s father returns from the hospital in which month in Chapter 15?

4. What is Reuven forbidden to do while he recovers in the hospital in Chapter 3?

5. Reuven’s father says that in 1700 a Jewish child named Israel was born. Instead of studying the Talmud, Israel studied what?

(see the answer key)

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