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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Reuven’s father travel for research for his articles in Chapter 10?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Staten Island.
(d) Queens.

2. What gesture does Danny Saunders make that indicates to Reuven he is showing sympathy for Reuven and his father in Chapter 14?
(a) He tips his hat.
(b) He brushes him in the hallway.
(c) He winks at him.
(d) He pats him on the back.

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

4. Reuven begins attending whose Talmud class in Chapter 14?
(a) Reb Saunders.
(b) Rav Gershenson’s.
(c) Professor Nathan Appleman.
(d) David Malter.

5. When did the Battle of the Bulge begin?
(a) December, 1944.
(b) October, 1945.
(c) August, 1944.
(d) May, 1945.

6. In Chapter 18, Reb Saunders says, "A man is born into this world with only a tiny spark of goodness in him. The spark is” what?
(a) “The light of truth.”
(b) “Life, liberty and justice.”
(c) “His Holiness the Dalai Lama.”
(d) “God, it is the soul.”

7. Danny Saunders claims to have learned how do live with what in Chapter 16?
(a) Silence.
(b) Pain.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Knowledge.

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

9. On what date was the establishment of the State of Israel announced?
(a) November 9, 1952.
(b) January 5, 1945.
(c) August 20, 1946.
(d) May 15, 1948.

10. 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.

11. A battle breaks out between Hasidic and non-Hasidic Jews during lunch one day about what in Chapter 13?
(a) How Judaism relates to Christianity.
(b) The creation of a Jewish state.
(c) The religious rights of all people.
(d) The holiest of the texts.

12. Reuven’s father returns from the hospital in which month in Chapter 15?
(a) June.
(b) May.
(c) March.
(d) July.

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

14. When did World War II begin?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1847.
(d) 1939.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Reuven comes to believe that his Talmud teacher sympathizes with what viewpoint in the end of Chapter 14?

2. What name refers to the genocide of millions of European Jews during World War II?

3. Reuven tells Reb Saunders of his plans to become what in Chapter 18?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer keys)

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