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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Nazi party dissolved in Europe?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1938.

2. Who in the Saunders home has unexplained crying spells in Chapter 12?
(a) Levi Saunders.
(b) Reb Saunders.
(c) Reuven Saunders.
(d) Danny Saunders.

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

4. What is a central theme in the novel and one that is illustrated in Chapter 16?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Adultery.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Revenge.

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

6. Reb Saunders intends to boycott shop owners who are supporters of what in Chapter 14?
(a) Zionism.
(b) Gematriya.
(c) Shabbat.
(d) Pilpul.

7. Danny Saunders discusses his feelings about experimental psychology with what professor in Chapter 13?
(a) Professor Applebaum.
(b) Dr. Snydman.
(c) David Malter.
(d) Dr. Grossman.

8. What is a form of nationalism of Jews and Jewish culture that supports a Jewish nation state in territory defined as the Land of Israel?
(a) Mormonism.
(b) Patriotism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Zionism.

9. 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) May.
(d) February.

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

11. 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) January.
(c) August.
(d) October.

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

13. What refers to the virtue of empathy for the suffering of others?
(a) Misogyny.
(b) Tolerance.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Compassion.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 18, Reb Saunders states that he believes that the Master of the Universe sent Reuven to his son Danny because Reuven had what?

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. When did World War II begin?

4. Danny Saunders applies to programs at what three educational institutions in Chapter 17?

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

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