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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. Where does Reuven’s father give a speech in support of Zionism in Chapter 13?
(a) The American Museum of Natural History.
(b) Central Park.
(c) The Empire State Building.
(d) Madison Square Garden.

2. What is the financial center of the State of Israel?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) Kafr Qasim.
(c) Rehovot.
(d) Tel Aviv.

3. What name refers to the genocide of millions of European Jews during World War II?
(a) Plague.
(b) Crucifixion.
(c) Abomination.
(d) Holocaust.

4. The entire Hirsch campus is saddened by the rising violence between whom in Chapter 15?
(a) The Arabs and Jews of Palestine.
(b) The Americans and the Japanese.
(c) The Russians and the Germans.
(d) The Brazilians and the Kenyans.

5. Which character in the novel says, “It is the end of Hitler, may his name and memory be erased” in Chapter 11?
(a) Reuven Malter.
(b) David Malter.
(c) Rav Gershenson.
(d) Reb Saunders.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt die?

2. During what month is it rumored at Reuven’s college that a recent graduate has been killed in the fighting in Palestine in Chapter 15?

3. In Chapter 18, Reb Saunders says, "A man is born into this world with only a tiny spark of goodness in him. The spark is” what?

4. Who is the physician attending on Reuven’s father while he is hospitalized in Chapter 12?

5. While he is hospitalized in Chapter 12, Reuven’s father reads everything he can about what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Reuven observe about Reb Saunders’ behavior in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

6. What causes the animosity between Danny and Reuven in Chapter 13?

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

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

9. What does Reuven’s father remark about Reb Saunders’ methods of raising his son in Chapter 16?

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

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