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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Michael do that he is cheated out of?
(a) He knocks the milk bottoms over.
(b) He wins a trophy.
(c) Nothing.
(d) He throws three baseballs in the holes.

2. To what religion does the narrator's neighborhood belong?
(a) Muslim.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Christian.

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

4. Who says it is not a good day to visit?
(a) Professor Gordon.
(b) Michael.
(c) Mrs. Gordon.
(d) Rachel.

5. Why has the population of the narrator's neighborhood grown rapidly by 1950?
(a) A high birth rate after the end of WWII.
(b) The population has not increased much at all.
(c) The government offered free housing to people who would work in the factories there during the war.
(d) People are escaping persecution in other countries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the narrator and Rachel spend the summer together?

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

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

4. Why can't Danny meet with Professor Gordon?

5. To what time does a flashback go?

(see the answer key)

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