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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two, Chapter Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What leads Reuven to read books by Professor Gordon?
(a) Reuven's father asks him to do so.
(b) Reuven's interest in Rachel Gordon.
(c) Reuven's distaste for Rabbi Kalman.
(d) Reuven's search for meaning.

2. What is Rachel urging Michael to do?
(a) Buy her a candied apple.
(b) Go home to rest.
(c) See a doctor.
(d) Stop rolling the dice.

3. Who was Nota Finkel?
(a) He was a well-known Talmudist.
(b) He was excommuicated in the 1800s for heresy.
(c) He was a fanatical Zionist who changed his mind about Israel.
(d) He quashed a secularist revolt.

4. What time frame does Chapter 5 concern?
(a) Early 1951.
(b) Autumn to early December of 1951.
(c) It is not stated.
(d) Late 1952.

5. Who is Reuven?
(a) The mayor of Peekskill.
(b) A shoemaker.
(c) The narrator.
(d) A baker in the neighborhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Kotzker Rebbe have disagreements?

2. How is Michael doing?

3. Who has gotten in fist fights with others?

4. According to Reuven, what will happen to the Hasid if they do not change?

5. What happens to Michael while he is arguing?

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