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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the Church of the Assumption located?
(a) Bronx.
(b) Queens.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Manhattan.

2. What did Ruben's students study in 1959 in September?
(a) Civil War.
(b) Plymouth and English America.
(c) The Revolution and the Constititution.
(d) Federalism.

3. Where were Ruben's parents from?
(a) Czechoslovakia.
(b) Ukraine/Russia.
(c) Germany.
(d) Bulgaria.

4. Where did Ruben's wife work in 1959?
(a) Library.
(b) Humanities department.
(c) English department.
(d) Music department.

5. What was the name of Netanyahu's brother who made a bomb that was thrown when Norman Bentwich was to give a lecture as part of his installation as a professor of political science?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Elisha.
(c) Aaron.
(d) Abraham.

6. What was the name of Dr. Morse's secretary in 1959?
(a) Ms. Louisa Vanderwahl.
(b) Ms. Ginger Roberts.
(c) Ms. Linda Gringling.
(d) Ms. Cathy Vincent.

7. What was the Netanyahu name before it was Hebraicized?
(a) Dombkowski.
(b) Brezicksky.
(c) Mileikowsky.
(d) Kuznetsov.

8. When Dr. Morse called Ruben to his office during the winter term in 1959, what did he have to drink?
(a) Gin and tonic.
(b) Martinis.
(c) Gimlets.
(d) Sloe gin fizz.

9. When did Rabbi Mileikowsky arrive in British-Mandate Palestine?
(a) 1935.
(b) Around 1920.
(c) 1922.
(d) Around 1930.

10. Where was the closest shul to Corbindale?
(a) Poughkeepsie, New York.
(b) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
(c) Erie, Pennsylvania.
(d) Schenectady, New York.

11. What was the name of Ruben's next door neighbor in 1959?
(a) Dulles.
(b) Clark.
(c) Martindale.
(d) Williams.

12. Where did Ruben go to school?
(a) PS 114.
(b) PS 238.
(c) PS 96.
(d) PS 89.

13. In Chapter 4, what were in the back of the store where Sabine bought a substance that leaked on clothes she bought for Judy?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Shells and skins of turtles and frogs.
(c) Candies.
(d) Bird feathers.

14. What color bed did Edith buy when her parents came for Rosh Hashanah?
(a) Khaki.
(b) Burgundy.
(c) Black.
(d) Gray.

15. When did Ruben's Uncle Sruly spend time borrowing from Ruben's parents and others to open a store?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) Late 1940s and early 1950s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Edith's maiden name?

2. What year in high school was Ruben's daughter, Judy, in 1959?

3. When Ruben was hired at Corbin, how many probationary years did he have?

4. What was the name of the handyman who worked in the apartment building where Sabine and Walt lived?

5. What was the name of the synagogue where Ruben went to Hebrew School?

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