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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who from Reuven’s baseball team visits him at the hospital in Chapter 3?
2. Reuven learns that Billy’s family is moving where in Chapter 9?
3. In describing the history of the Jews, Reuven’s father says in Chapter 6 that which European country encouraged Jews to come live there because the country was poor and needed a boost to the economy?
4. When was Shabbtai Zvi born?
5. Whose actions led to Reuven Malter’s injury in Chapter 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is demonstrated by Danny’s interests in psychoanalysis in the novel?
2. How does the challenging baseball team appear to Reuven’s teammates in Chapter 1?
3. What is foreshadowed by David Malter’s comments about friendship in Chapter 4?
4. How is Reuven’s home described when he returns from the hospital in Chapter 5? Who greets them when they arrive home?
5. How does Reuven become injured during the game in Chapter 1? How does the game end?
6. Where is Reuven taken for his injury in Chapter 2? How does Reuven feel?
7. What is indicated by David Malter’s discussion of Dov Baer in Chapter 8?
8. What does Reuven consider about his first foray into the Hasidic world in Chapter 7?
9. How does the relationship between Reuven and Danny evolve in Chapter 3?
10. How is Danny Saunders described in Chapter 1? What is Danny’s apparel like? Where does he live?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the character of David Malter in the narrative. What relationship does David have with his son? How is this illustrated through their conversations in the novel? What relationship does David Malter form with Danny Saunders?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the setting of Williamsburg, Brooklin in the 1930s. What ethnic and religious groups lived principally in this neighborhood at the time? How inclusive is Reuven’s neighborhood? What is a “brownstone” and how are these houses set up? How wealthy is Reuven’s family?
Essay Topic 3
Reuven’s entrance into the Hasidic world by visiting Reb Saunders’ Shul. What are Reuven’s impressions of the congregation? How does he feel about the rituals enacted at the service?
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