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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) August.
(b) October.
(c) January.
(d) February.

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

4. At the end of Chapter 15, Danny Saunders appears at Reuven’s lunch table and asks for help with what?
(a) World geography.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) Experimental psychology graphs and tables.
(d) English literature.

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

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

7. In Chapter 18, Reb Saunders says, "...One learns of the pain of others by” what?
(a) “Suffering one’s own pain.”
(b) “Helping them overcome pain.”
(c) “Helping them overcome pain.”
(d) “Discovering the root cause of their pain.”

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

9. In regarding Danny’s relationship with his father, Reuven says in Chapter 12, "I almost had the impression that they were physically incapable of communicating with each other about” what?
(a) “Scientific things.”
(b) “Ordinary things.”
(c) “Religious things.”
(d) “Political things.”

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

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

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

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

14. What word does Reuven research the meaning of to help him understand the trouble Danny has with experimental psychology in Chapter 13?
(a) “Cadaver.”
(b) “Unconscious.”
(c) “Psychic.”
(d) “Embryo.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Franklin Roosevelt dies in the narrative, Reuven’s father comments that he had seen the country through what?

2. What gesture does Danny Saunders make that indicates to Reuven he is showing sympathy for Reuven and his father in Chapter 14?

3. Danny Saunders claims to have learned how do live with what in Chapter 16?

4. Reuven discovers that his father has been invited to what meeting in Chapter 15?

5. Who in the Saunders home has unexplained crying spells in Chapter 12?

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