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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What text do Danny and Reuven spend studying at Reb Saunders’ study in Chapter 8?
(a) Tanakh.
(b) Pirkei Avot.
(c) Sepher Yezirah.
(d) Midrash Tanhuma.

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

3. Danny Saunders finds Reuven at the library and reads aloud to him passages from what book in Chapter 8?
(a) The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels.
(b) Jews, Gentiles, and Christianity.
(c) Jews, God, and History.
(d) The History of the Jews.

4. Reuven takes part in the Torah service by doing what in Chapter 7?
(a) Reciting the blessing over the Torah.
(b) Dancing with the Rabbi.
(c) Lighting the candles.
(d) Kneeling for the messiah.

5. Danny Saunders explains to Reuven in Chapter 7 that his grandfather was a well-known Hasidic Jew from where?
(a) England.
(b) Russia.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Poland.

6. Danny Saunders and Reuven Malter discover they were born how far apart in Chapter 7?
(a) 7 weeks.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 8 days.

7. What kind of school does Reuven Malter attend in Chapter 1?
(a) A Yeshiva.
(b) A Smicha.
(c) A Pilpul.
(d) A Kosher.

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

9. What is Reuven forbidden to do while he recovers in the hospital in Chapter 3?
(a) Eat.
(b) Use the bathroom.
(c) Pray.
(d) Read.

10. Reuven has war maps from what periodical all over his walls in Chapter 5?
(a) Newsweek.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) Time.
(d) National Geographic.

11. According to Reuven’s father in Chapter 6, the Cossacks were members of what church in Russia?
(a) The Greek Orthodox Church.
(b) The Pentecostal Church.
(c) The Church of Vissarionism.
(d) The Evangelical Church.

12. Who is the attending doctor to Reuven Malter during his hospital stay in Chapter 2?
(a) Dr. Robinson.
(b) Dr. Martin.
(c) Dr. Snydman.
(d) Dr. Lawrence.

13. What does Reuven Malter’s father bring to him while he is in the hospital in Chapter 2?
(a) A television.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A Torah.
(d) A radio.

14. Reuven has not seen Danny Saunders in how long in the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 8 hours.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 4 days.

15. Danny Saunders jokes that he is what to Reuven Malter in Chapter 4?
(a) The Messiah.
(b) A father figure.
(c) A brother.
(d) A saint.

Short Answer Questions

1. Reuven has a picture of which U.S. President on his wall in Chapter 5?

2. How old is Danny Saunders in Chapter 1?

3. Reuven Malter’s home is described as what in Chapter 5?

4. When Danny Saunders visits Reuven for the second time at the hospital, he reveals that during the baseball game he had wanted to do what?

5. 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?

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