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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Danny Saunders visits Reuven Malter in Chapter 7, he wants to take Reuven where to meet his father?
(a) His mother's home.
(b) His aunt's apartment.
(c) His father’s Shul.
(d) Madison Square Garden.

2. What does Danny Saunders want to be when he grows up in Chapter 3?
(a) A psychologist.
(b) A meteorologist.
(c) A bus driver.
(d) A chemist.

3. Where does Reuven Malter’s father spend much of his time at home in Chapter 5?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The basement.
(c) His study.
(d) The garage.

4. Sigmund Freud is considered to be the father of what?
(a) Psychoanalysis.
(b) Astronomy.
(c) Physics.
(d) Geometry.

5. Reuven learns that Danny’s father only talks to him when in Chapter 4?
(a) When they study the Talmud.
(b) On weekends.
(c) At breakfast.
(d) At dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Danny Saunders plans on studying the Talmud and reading the works of whom during his vacation in Chapter 9?

2. Danny Saunders jokes that he is what to Reuven Malter in Chapter 4?

3. Who is the attending doctor to Reuven Malter during his hospital stay in Chapter 2?

4. Reuven's father remarks in Chapter 4, "No one knows he is fortunate until he becomes” what?

5. Reuven goes onto his front porch and observes what caught in a spider web in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the challenging baseball team appear to Reuven’s teammates in Chapter 1?

2. How is Reuven’s home described when he returns from the hospital in Chapter 5? Who greets them when they arrive home?

3. How does Reuven become injured during the game in Chapter 1? How does the game end?

4. What is indicated by David Malter’s description of the fortunate and unfortunate in Chapter 4?

5. Whose baseball teams play against one another in Chapter 1? How are these teams attired and where do they play?

6. What is the implication when Reuven’s eyes are tested in the light in Chapter 2?

7. How does the relationship between Reuven and Danny evolve in Chapter 3?

8. What two things does David Malter say the Talmud says a person should do for himself in Chapter 4?

9. How is Reuven’s relationship with his father illustrated in Chapter 3?

10. What is foreshadowed through Reuven’s inner thoughts and considerations returning home from the hospital in Chapter 5?

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