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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) June 16.
(b) March 2.
(c) November 29.
(d) August 11.

2. Who is the physician attending on Reuven’s father while he is hospitalized in Chapter 12?
(a) Dr. Manton.
(b) Dr. Snydman.
(c) Dr. Grossman.
(d) Dr. Bowman.

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

4. Reuven begins what year of his college studies at the end of Chapter 15?
(a) His fourth year.
(b) His sixth year.
(c) His third year.
(d) His second year.

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

6. 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) Kosher.
(d) Seder.

7. Where do Reuven, Danny, and Reb Saunders meet in Chapter 18?
(a) Reb Saunders’ study.
(b) In front of the school.
(c) The library.
(d) A baseball game.

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

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

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

11. 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?
(a) A brain.
(b) Luck.
(c) A soul.
(d) A heart.

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

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

14. What refers to a Jewish ritual feast that marks the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover?
(a) Smicha.
(b) Shabbat.
(c) Nisan.
(d) Seder.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Reb Saunders views a secular Jewish state as a sacrilege and violation of what?

2. What psychological term refers to the ability to acquire knowledge without inference and/or the use of reason?

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

4. Where did D-day take place in World War II?

5. Passover begins on the fifteenth day of what month of the Jewish calendar?

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