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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Reuven discovers that his father has been invited to what meeting in Chapter 15?
(a) The International Alliance of Jews.
(b) The League of Christian and Jewish Immigrants.
(c) The Zionist General Council meeting in Palestine.
(d) The United Nations Cousel.

2. Reb Saunders talks about how he was blessed with a brilliant son, but the brilliant son had no what, in Chapter 18?
(a) Physical abilities.
(b) Soul.
(c) Direction.
(d) Common sense.

3. What does Reuven ask Danny when he visits him after starting his studies in the end of Chapter 18?
(a) If he has had a daughter.
(b) If he will be married soon.
(c) If he is pursuing his law degree.
(d) If he will raise his son in silence.

4. When did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt die?
(a) December 9, 1923.
(b) April 12, 1945.
(c) February 25, 1938.
(d) August 3, 1954.

5. During what month is it rumored at Reuven’s college that a recent graduate has been killed in the fighting in Palestine in Chapter 15?
(a) August.
(b) January.
(c) June.
(d) April.

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

7. Reb Saunders likens Danny Saunders to his brother named what in Chapter 18?
(a) Michael.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Abraham.
(d) Paul.

8. Danny is frustrated by reading and translating his psychological texts until he finds what in Chapter 10?
(a) A dictionary of psychological terms.
(b) A medical journal.
(c) An essay by a former student.
(d) A newspaper article.

9. What name refers to the genocide of millions of European Jews during World War II?
(a) Holocaust.
(b) Abomination.
(c) Crucifixion.
(d) Plague.

10. Who meets regularly with Reuven and Danny at the library in Chapter 10?
(a) Davey Cantor.
(b) Billy Merritt.
(c) David Malter.
(d) Sidney Goldberg.

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

12. 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 Brazilians and the Kenyans.
(d) The Americans and the Japanese.

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Reuven research the meaning of to help him understand the trouble Danny has with experimental psychology in Chapter 13?

2. When considering his further education, Danny states that he will remain what?

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

4. Who is elected President of his class in Chapter 11?

5. In Chapter 14, Reuven’s Talmud teacher poses an unexpected question about the reconciliation and Reuven dismisses it as what?

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