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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. What does Michael see in himself?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) A cynic.
(c) Some of his father.
(d) A passionate truth seeker.

4. What does Reuven's father finish?
(a) Building a prayer room onto the house.
(b) A textbook for his students about zoology.
(c) His manuscript.
(d) A series of lectures at local Jewish Zionist chapters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Michael between the time of his breaking down at the fair and then arriving home?

2. What happens to Michael while he is arguing?

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

4. How does Reuven describe Professor Gordon?

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

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