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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 are the Gordons angry with Rachel?
(a) She let Michael gamble.
(b) She lied to her father.
(c) She didn't bring Michael home after his first nosebleed.
(d) She is with a non-Jewish date.

2. Who does Reuven call the day after he and Michael go sailing?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Reuven's grandfather.
(c) Michael.
(d) Professor Gordon.

3. Who is Michael Gordon?
(a) Rachel's uncle.
(b) Rachel's brother.
(c) Rachel's cousin.
(d) Rachel's father.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Michael display much knowledge?

2. Who does Reuven arrange to meet?

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

4. How does Michael get a nosebleed?

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

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