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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the narrator and Rachel spend the summer together?
(a) In New Brunswick.
(b) In Nova Scotia.
(c) In Peekskill.
(d) On a ranch in the Rockies.

2. Why is Professor Gordon exhausted at the opening to Chapter 4?
(a) From a speaking engagment in San Francisco.
(b) From working so hard on a new book.
(c) Because he has had the flu.
(d) From his worldwide travels.

3. Who is Abraham Gordon?
(a) A professor who is hated by the Jewish orthodoxy.
(b) Rachel Gorden's father.
(c) A man who escaped from Ravensbrook.
(d) The temple cantor.

4. Why are Rachel and Reuven nervous about what Michael is doing?
(a) He is in danger of falling again.
(b) He might lose a lot of money.
(c) Michael is taunting the boy who gave him a nosebleed.
(d) They are afraid Michael might rile up the neighborhood gangs.

5. Where does Reuven go the day after the fair?
(a) Coney Island.
(b) The beach.
(c) The Empire State Building.
(d) Times Square.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michael say his nosebleeds are not a result of?

2. How many therapists has Michael been to over the past 14 months?

3. What leads Reuven to read books by Professor Gordon?

4. What happens to Michael between the time of his breaking down at the fair and then arriving home?

5. When does Reuven return to seminary?

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