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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. The Malters’ housekeeper is from where in the novel?
(a) Kenya.
(b) France.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Russia.
2. What is the seventh day of the Jewish week and the Jewish day of rest?
(a) Shlishi.
(b) Reviʻi.
(c) Rishon.
(d) Shabbat.
3. Reuven learns that Danny’s father only talks to him when in Chapter 4?
(a) On weekends.
(b) When they study the Talmud.
(c) At dinner.
(d) At breakfast.
4. When Danny Saunders visits Reuven Malter in Chapter 7, he wants to take Reuven where to meet his father?
(a) Madison Square Garden.
(b) His father’s Shul.
(c) His aunt's apartment.
(d) His mother's home.
5. Reuven learns that Billy’s family is moving where in Chapter 9?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) Albany, New York.
(c) Hartford, Connecticut.
(d) Portland, Maine.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is a central text of Rabbinic Judaism, considered second to the Torah?
2. To what medical facility is Reuven Malter taken in Chapter 2?
3. What kind of school does Reuven Malter attend in Chapter 1?
4. What does Reuven Malter’s father bring to him while he is in the hospital in Chapter 2?
5. Danny Saunders jokes that he is what to Reuven Malter in Chapter 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Reuven’s home described when he returns from the hospital in Chapter 5? Who greets them when they arrive home?
2. Who does Reuven meet in his hospital room after he awakens from surgery in Chapter 2?
3. What historical figure does David Malter compare Danny Saunders to in Chapter 6? How is this individual’s influence on Judaism described?
4. What is indicated by David Malter’s description of the fortunate and unfortunate in Chapter 4?
5. How does Reuven respond to the information he learns about Billy in Chapter 9? What symbolic imagery is described at the end of this chapter?
6. What is indicated by Reuven’s thoughts in the beginning of Chapter 8?
7. How does the challenging baseball team appear to Reuven’s teammates in Chapter 1?
8. What is foreshadowed by David Malter’s comments about friendship in Chapter 4?
9. How is Danny Saunders described in Chapter 1? What is Danny’s apparel like? Where does he live?
10. What changes Reb Saunders’ views of Reuven in Chapter 7? How is this indicated?
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