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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. Reuven Malter is told that he will be released from the hospital when in Chapter 4?
(a) In 6 hours.
(b) At the end of the month.
(c) At the end of the week.
(d) In 12 hours.

2. What is the name of Reuven Malter’s father in the narrative?
(a) Marcus Malter.
(b) David Malter.
(c) Roger Malter.
(d) Thomas Malter.

3. In Chapter 4, Reuven's father tells him that "[t]he Talmud says that a person should do two things for himself.” Reuven chimes in to say that the second thing is to acquire what?
(a) A friend.
(b) Wealth.
(c) A car.
(d) A wife.

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

5. What does Reuven Malter’s father bring to him while he is in the hospital in Chapter 2?
(a) A radio.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A television.
(d) A Torah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Reuven takes part in the Torah service by doing what in Chapter 7?

2. What is the name of the young blind boy that Reuven meets at the hospital in Chapter 2?

3. When Danny Saunders visits Reuven for the second time at the hospital, he reveals that during the baseball game he had wanted to do what?

4. Who led the Cossacks when they rose up against the Nobles, according to Reuven’s father in Chapter 6?

5. Reuven’s reaction to the spider web on his porch in Chapter 9 demonstrates what characteristic in Reuven?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is indicated by Reuven’s thoughts in the beginning of Chapter 8?

2. What is foreshadowed by David Malter’s comments about friendship in Chapter 4?

3. 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?

4. What is demonstrated by Danny’s interests in psychoanalysis in the novel?

5. Why does Reb Saunders call Reuven’s father in Chapter 2? How does Reuven respond?

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

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

8. What conversation do Reuven and Danny have about Reb Saunders in Chapter 7?

9. What does Reuven consider about his first foray into the Hasidic world in Chapter 7?

10. What does Reuven’s father say he understands about Danny and Reuven’s place in Danny’s life in Chapter 6?

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