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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. Who led the Cossacks when they rose up against the Nobles, according to Reuven’s father in Chapter 6?
(a) Dmytro Vyshnevetsky.
(b) Dmitry Donskoy.
(c) Bogdan Chmielnicki.
(d) Alexander Tsiurupa.

2. Reuven has been given permission to do what again in Chapter 9?
(a) Play baseball.
(b) Ride a bicycle.
(c) Watch television.
(d) Read.

3. Danny Saunders finds Reuven at the library and reads aloud to him passages from what book in Chapter 8?
(a) Jews, Gentiles, and Christianity.
(b) Jews, God, and History.
(c) The History of the Jews.
(d) The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels.

4. Reuven has a picture of which U.S. President on his wall in Chapter 5?
(a) Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Woodrow Wilson.
(d) George Washington.

5. Reuven's father remarks in Chapter 4, "No one knows he is fortunate until he becomes” what?
(a) “Poor.”
(b) “Unfortunate.”
(c) “Abandoned.”
(d) “Angry.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Reuven enjoys listening to a symphony by what composer on the radio in Chapter 5?

2. Reuven has a picture of what physicist on his wall in Chapter 5?

3. What is the Hebrew word for sidelocks or sidecurls within the Jewish tradition?

4. What led to Reuven Malter’s injury in Chapter 2?

5. What does Reuven tell Mr. Savo his father wants him to be when he grows up in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Reuven feel like his life has changed when he returns home from the hospital in Chapter 5? Why?

4. What is significant about Danny’s and Reuven’s aspirations within their synagogues in Chapter 3?

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

6. Who does Reuven meet in his hospital room after he awakens from surgery in Chapter 2?

7. What does Reuven’s father reveal to Reuven about his condition and surgery in Chapter 2?

8. How is Danny Saunders described in Chapter 1? What is Danny’s apparel like? Where does he live?

9. How does the baseball game begin in Chapter 1? Who takes the lead?

10. What is indicated by David Malter’s discussion of Dov Baer in Chapter 8?

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