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

2. For how long does Reuven’s family go to stay in a cottage in Chapter 10?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 10 days.
(d) 1 month.

3. When was the Nazi party dissolved in Europe?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1938.

4. There are religious services how many times per day at Hirsch College, according to Reuven in Chapter 13?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 1.

5. What refers to a Jewish ritual feast that marks the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover?
(a) Nisan.
(b) Seder.
(c) Smicha.
(d) Shabbat.

Short Answer Questions

1. When considering his further education, Danny states that he will remain what?

2. In regarding Danny’s relationship with his father, Reuven says in Chapter 12, "I almost had the impression that they were physically incapable of communicating with each other about” what?

3. Reuven becomes upset because whose notions contradict everything he knows in Chapter 12?

4. What is the standard Hebrew Biblical term for non-Jews?

5. Reuven tells Reb Saunders of his plans to become what in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Danny discuss in depth with Professor Appleman in Chapter 13?

2. How does Reb Saunders treat Reuven in Chapter 16? How does Reuven feel about this?

3. What gesture does Danny make to intimate his sympathy for Reuven in Chapter 14?

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

5. How does the synagogue respond when Reb Saunders announces Danny’s plans for his education in Chapter 18?

6. What does Reuven remark about the relationship between Reb Saunders and Danny in Chapter 12?

7. How is the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt described in Chapter 11?

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

9. How are the religious studies and lifestyles of Reuven and Danny juxtaposed in Chapter 10?

10. What does Reuven’s father compare Danny Saunders to in Chapter 17?

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