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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. When did Ruben win the American Historical Association Historian of the Year award?

2. What color bed did Edith buy when her parents came for Rosh Hashanah?

3. How many grams did Walt think the towels were that were in the master bedroom at Ruben's house in 1959?

4. When did Dr. Netanyahu leave Philadelphia for Israel?

5. In what type of store did Sabine buy the substance that leaked on clothes she bought Judy in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Ruben's daughter, Judy, doing in 1959?

2. How does Ruben describe Dr. George Morse?

3. How did Ruben get involved in taxation studies?

4. What did Levavi say about the scholar-sage and how did that relate to his opinion of Netanyahu?

5. What happened to Ruben's uncle Sruly?

6. Why were Edith and Judith not content in 1959?

7. How did Ruben and Edith usually split holidays?

8. How did Dr. Edelman describe Netanyahu's situation?

9. What type of recommendation did Dr. Edelman give Netanyahu?

10. What did Ruben and his family have to deal with as the only Jewish family in Corbindale?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in The Netanyahus? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 2

Ruben is assigned to be on the hiring committee for Netanyahu. Why is he assigned to the committee? Why is the fact that both men are Jewish not enough for Ruben to welcome the man unquestioningly?

Essay Topic 3

Netanyahu comments that his "exegeses tend toward the eisgetical" (166). Why does he make that statement? How does it relate to his style of teaching and how it undermines faith?

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