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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Reuven and his family go to stay at a cottage in Chapter 10?
(a) Scranton, Pennsylvania.
(b) Milford, Massachusetts.
(c) Peekskill, New York.
(d) Rutland, Vermont.

2. While Danny reads psychological texts in Chapter 10, Reuven concentrates on what kind of articles?
(a) Biological.
(b) Mathematical.
(c) Physiological.
(d) Geological.

3. Reuven comes to believe that his Talmud teacher sympathizes with what viewpoint in the end of Chapter 14?
(a) The Christian viewpoint.
(b) The Islamic viewpoint.
(c) The Hasidic viewpoint.
(d) The Mormon viewpoint.

4. On what date are Reuven and his father overjoyed to learn that the establishment of a Jewish state is going to happen in Chapter 14?
(a) August 11.
(b) March 2.
(c) November 29.
(d) June 16.

5. The entire Hirsch campus is saddened by the rising violence between whom in Chapter 15?
(a) The Arabs and Jews of Palestine.
(b) The Russians and the Germans.
(c) The Americans and the Japanese.
(d) The Brazilians and the Kenyans.

6. What is the financial center of the State of Israel?
(a) Rehovot.
(b) Kafr Qasim.
(c) Tel Aviv.
(d) Jerusalem.

7. When was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt born?
(a) January 30, 1882.
(b) March 4, 1865.
(c) October 14, 1916.
(d) June 23, 1897.

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

9. Where does Reuven’s father give a speech in support of Zionism in Chapter 13?
(a) The Empire State Building.
(b) Central Park.
(c) The American Museum of Natural History.
(d) Madison Square Garden.

10. What is the standard Hebrew Biblical term for non-Jews?
(a) Shabbat.
(b) Goyim.
(c) Nisan.
(d) Smicha.

11. There are religious services how many times per day at Hirsch College, according to Reuven in Chapter 13?
(a) 7.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

12. After not seeing him for several months, Reuven goes to visit Danny at the end of which month in Chapter 11?
(a) November.
(b) August.
(c) February.
(d) May.

13. Reb Saunders views a secular Jewish state as a sacrilege and violation of what?
(a) The Christian Bible.
(b) Democracy.
(c) The Torah.
(d) The Quran.

14. Danny Saunders has decided that he wants to pursue his studies in what in Chapter 16?
(a) Military psychology.
(b) Clinical psychology.
(c) Comparative psychology.
(d) Development psychology.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. On what date was the establishment of the State of Israel announced?

4. Danny Saunders contemplates going where to earn a doctorate in Chapter 16?

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

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