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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 does Danny say about Michael?
(a) He is only mildly neurotic.
(b) He is quite mentally ill.
(c) He is just suffering from adolescent hormones.
(d) There is nothing wrong with him.

2. 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.

3. What happens to Michael between the time of his breaking down at the fair and then arriving home?
(a) Nothing.
(b) He gets a ticket.
(c) He blacks out.
(d) He is arrested for disrespect to a police officer.

4. What problem has Professor Gordon had?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) A problem with shingles.
(c) A case of flu.
(d) A bout with polio.

5. What is one image Michael sees in the clouds?
(a) Zeus.
(b) The old man from the fair the night before.
(c) His dead grandfather.
(d) Mount Olympus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Michael and Reuven talk about as far as the clouds go?

2. How was Danny taught about suffering by his father?

3. What is the name of the narrator in the Introduction?

4. Why does Michael hate orthodox Jews?

5. What is one thing that is established in the narrator's neighborhood as it becomes more populous?

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