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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. What is one possible explanation for Michael's nosebleeds?
(a) Being overweight.
(b) Being underweight.
(c) Insomnia.
(d) Allergies.

2. What do Michael and Reuven talk about as far as the clouds go?
(a) Whether they portend a storm.
(b) If they can support angels.
(c) If the clouds are solid in another dimension.
(d) What the shapes look like.

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

4. About what does Michael feel bad?
(a) That he is setting a poor example for his brother.
(b) That his mother is disappointed in him.
(c) How he acted the night before.
(d) That his father will confront the old man.

5. What is the name of the narrator in the Introduction?
(a) Chaim.
(b) Esther.
(c) He is not yet named.
(d) Jonathon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem has Professor Gordon had?

2. Where is the setting at the opening of the Introduction?

3. Why has the population of the narrator's neighborhood grown rapidly by 1950?

4. What kind of game do Reuven, Rachel and Michael go to?

5. Who is Rachel Gorden?

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