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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’s father feels that it is important to have what geographic region as a Jewish homeland?
(a) Palestine.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Holland.
(d) India.

2. When did D-Day occur in World War II?
(a) April 12, 1945.
(b) December 3, 1942.
(c) September 27, 1943.
(d) June 6, 1944.

3. When the news of unconditional surrender comes from the Germans, it is determined that the death toll of the Jews murdered in the concentration camps was over how many?
(a) 2 million.
(b) 6 million.
(c) 11 million.
(d) 25 million.

4. Who is elected President of his class in Chapter 11?
(a) Rav Gershenson.
(b) Davey Cantor.
(c) Reuven Malter.
(d) Danny Saunders.

5. Who meets regularly with Reuven and Danny at the library in Chapter 10?
(a) Davey Cantor.
(b) Sidney Goldberg.
(c) David Malter.
(d) Billy Merritt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Reuven is called on the first week of which month to discuss texts from the Talmud in his new Talmud class in Chapter 14?

2. Danny Saunders worries when his brother becomes ill in Chapter 17 because it may mean that he will not inherit what?

3. Reb Saunders views a secular Jewish state as a sacrilege and violation of what?

4. The entire Hirsch campus is saddened by the rising violence between whom in Chapter 15?

5. Reb Saunders likens Danny Saunders to his brother named what in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Reuven’s time spent with his father in Chapter 10? Why does Mr. Malter travel to Manhattan?

2. What is the significance of Danny’s discussion of silence in Chapter 17?

3. How is the relationship between Danny and Reuven illustrated in Chapter 15?

4. What is the central conflict in Chapter 14? How does Reuven feel about Danny’s absence?

5. How does the new school year begin for Reuven and Danny in Chapter 11?

6. How do Danny and Reuven’s fathers disagree regarding the establishment of a Jewish state?

7. What does Reuven conclude about Rav Gershenson’s viewpoints in Chapter 14?

8. What viewpoints does Chapter 12 present regarding the creation of Israel?

9. How do Reuven and Danny spend their first month of summer in Chapter 10?

10. What does Reb Saunders conclude about compassion in Chapter 18?

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