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

2. What happens to Michael on the drive home?
(a) He giggles hysterically.
(b) He cries uncontrollably.
(c) He falls asleep.
(d) He gets another nosebleed.

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

4. About what does Michael display much knowledge?
(a) Sailing.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Horse racing.
(d) Astronomy.

5. Why can't Danny meet with Professor Gordon?
(a) He has an emergency.
(b) He has to work.
(c) He is ill.
(d) He is in Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Michael Gordon?

2. What does Michael do that he is cheated out of?

3. To what time does a flashback go?

4. To what religion does the narrator's neighborhood belong?

5. How does Michael get a nosebleed?

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