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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Reuven’s father tells Danny Saunders that understanding of the silence can only be explained to Danny by whom in Chapter 17?
(a) Reuven Malter.
(b) Dr. Grossman.
(c) Reb Saunders.
(d) Levi Saunders.

2. Which character in the novel says, “It is the end of Hitler, may his name and memory be erased” in Chapter 11?
(a) Reb Saunders.
(b) David Malter.
(c) Reuven Malter.
(d) Rav Gershenson.

3. How old was Danny Saunders when he was able to read a story about a poor Jew and his struggles, according to Reb Saunders in Chapter 18?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

4. In Chapter 14, Reuven’s Talmud teacher poses an unexpected question about the reconciliation and Reuven dismisses it as what?
(a) Pilpul.
(b) Kosher.
(c) Gematriya.
(d) Seder.

5. When considering his further education, Danny states that he will rid himself of what?
(a) Political affiliations.
(b) Religious viewpoints.
(c) His family heritage.
(d) Sidelocks and Hasidic attire.

6. Reuven is called on the first week of which month to discuss texts from the Talmud in his new Talmud class in Chapter 14?
(a) February.
(b) August.
(c) January.
(d) October.

7. Passover begins on the fifteenth day of what month of the Jewish calendar?
(a) Smicha.
(b) Nisan.
(c) Shabbat.
(d) Seder.

8. What has Reuven Malter’s father suffered in Chapter 12?
(a) Temporary amnesia.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) A stroke.
(d) An aneurism.

9. Food that may be consumed according to Jewish law is termed what in English?
(a) Talmud.
(b) Smicha.
(c) Kosher.
(d) Yeshiva.

10. What does Danny say to explain his presence to Reuven in Chapter 16?
(a) “Will you be my friend again?”
(b) “The ban has been lifted.”
(c) “Best friends, always.”
(d) “God wants me here.”

11. Reuven’s Talmud instructor calls on him to discuss Talmud texts at the end of February in Chapter 14. For how many days does Reuven continue discussing the passage in class?
(a) 10.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

12. Danny Saunders realizes that his father will discover his educational plans by what means in Chapter 17?
(a) University materials in the mail.
(b) A degree on the wall.
(c) Phone calls from school representatives.
(d) Newspaper articles.

13. What organization does Reb Saunders originate and develop in Chapter 14?
(a) The League for the State of Israel.
(b) The League for a Religious Eretz Yisroel.
(c) The Yiddish Society of Rabbis.
(d) The Society for Enlightened Women.

14. What is the most populous city and capital of the State of Israel?
(a) Tel Aviv.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Rehovot.
(d) Kafr Qasim.

15. Danny Saunders contemplates going where to earn a doctorate in Chapter 16?
(a) UC Berkeley.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) UC Santa Barbara.

Short Answer Questions

1. Danny Saunders’ psychology professor explains to him that Freudian psychology cannot be applied to what in Chapter 13?

2. When does the news of unconditional surrender come in Chapter 11?

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

4. Reuven's father says in Chapter 13, "...the fanaticism of men like Reb Saunders kept us alive for” how many years of exile?

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

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