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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. What river did Netanyahu almost drive into in Chapter 8?

2. What did Edith serve for dessert in Chapter 6?

3. What was one of Judy's top college choice in Chapter 6?

4. In Chapter 7, where did Ruben dispose of Judy's old bedroom door?

5. What brand TV did Ruben buy in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ruben think Judy planned her accident?

2. What did Edith tell Ruben when he tried to say that Judy's broken nose was not an accident?

3. Who did Netanyahu bring with him to Ruben's home?

4. What was Ruben's response when Netanyahu commented that it was ridiculous to have a historian teach religion?

5. Why did Edith have to get new carpet in Chapter 7?

6. What did Alter say he would do if he was trying to go to college?

7. What was Judy's top choice for college?

8. What does Ruben say about the perception that Andrew Jackson was a hick Indian-slayer?

9. In Chapter 7 when Judy was in the hospital, what did Ruben do about her homework?

10. What did Edith make when Netanyahu was scheduled to arrive in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Accumulation is a literary device that takes scattered ideas in a literary work and gradually builds on the information to provide readers what they need to know. How does Cohen use accumulation to reveal and develop Netanyahu’s character?

Essay Topic 2

Judy hates her nose and wants a reconstructive surgery. Does Judy deliberately manipulate circumstances so her nose is broken and she can get a reconstruction?

Essay Topic 3

Ruben noticed a difference in how history was taught in the public school and the Hebrew school he attended when he was a child. What was the difference between how history was taught in the schools Ruben attended as a boy? How did that dichotomy lead Ruben to the academic study of history?

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