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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what type of store did Sabine buy the substance that leaked on clothes she bought Judy in Chapter 4?
(a) Market.
(b) Herb.
(c) Butcher shop.
(d) Grocery.

2. What year in high school was Ruben's daughter, Judy, in 1959?
(a) Freshman.
(b) Junior.
(c) Senior.
(d) Sophomore.

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

4. What color shade was on the floor lamp in Ruben's study in 1959?
(a) Yellow.
(b) White.
(c) Amber.
(d) Green.

5. What was the name of the teacher who taught Ruben about the Bill of Rights?
(a) Ms. Gianni.
(b) Ms. Ianello.
(c) Ms. Smythe.
(d) Ms. Murphy.

6. What color suitcase did Sabine want when Judy came home in Chapter 4?
(a) Red.
(b) Navy.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

7. Where did Ruben serve during World War I?
(a) Italy and France.
(b) France and England.
(c) England and France.
(d) U.S.

8. When did Ruben marry his childhood sweetheart?
(a) Day after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
(b) Before he was drafted into the army.
(c) His first leave from the army.
(d) Day after the Germans occupied Holland.

9. Who did Ruben paraphrase during the opening of some of his classes?
(a) Twain.
(b) Franklin.
(c) Dickens.
(d) Jefferson.

10. What type of house did Ruben and his wife have in 1959?
(a) Cape Cod.
(b) Federal Colonial.
(c) Tudor.
(d) Dutch Colonial.

11. Where was Jabotinsky's body buried?
(a) Israel.
(b) Long Island.
(c) Catskills.
(d) Pennsylvania.

12. What did Peretz Levavi teach Chapter 5?
(a) Assyriology, Aryanology, and Indo-European Linguistics.
(b) Land of Israel Studies & Archaeology.
(c) Basic Jewish Studies.
(d) Hebrew & Semitic Languages.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Dr. Edelman's wife?

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

3. When Dr. Morse called Ruben to his office during the winter term in 1959, what did he have to drink?

4. Through the generosity of donors, how long was Dr. Edelman able to offer Netanyahu a fellowship when he wanted to return to Philadelphia?

5. What teacher does Ruben remember from Stuyvesant who lost his chin at Verdun?

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