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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing that is established in the narrator's neighborhood as it becomes more populous?
(a) A bookie system.
(b) Two rival gangs.
(c) A neighborhood watch system.
(d) Educational institutions.

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

3. Who is Rachel Gorden?
(a) The neighborhood rabbi's daughter.
(b) The narrator's grandmama.
(c) A traveling circus member.
(d) A woman the narrator meets at a Spring party.

4. Who is Giordano Bruno?
(a) A famous doctor from Sicily.
(b) The neighborhood baker.
(c) A famous painter from Italy.
(d) A man burned at the stake for preaching that the stars were suns.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one possible explanation for Michael's nosebleeds?

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

3. Who is Abraham Gordon?

4. Who is Michael Gordon?

5. What is one topic of conversation between Reuven and Michael the next day after the fair?

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