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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Danny want Reuven to convince Michael's parents to do?
(a) Send him to Paris where they are successfully treating his problem.
(b) Send him to the West Coast to a successful clinic.
(c) Let them try isolation therapy on Michael..
(d) Take Michael home.

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

3. Why does Reuven say he visited the Frankel library?
(a) To meet with a friend who lives nearby.
(b) To sign a petition to the city about discrimination.
(c) To meet with Rachel.
(d) To help his father in research.

4. What does Kalman have Reuven read aloud?
(a) The laws of ex-communication.
(b) Texts by Gemora.
(c) The writ of excommication of Professor Gordon.
(d) Parts of Kalman's newest publication.

5. Who is Giordano Bruno?
(a) The neighborhood baker.
(b) A man burned at the stake for preaching that the stars were suns.
(c) A famous painter from Italy.
(d) A famous doctor from Sicily.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Michael hate orthodox Jews?

2. What does Danny give Michael?

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

4. About what is the narrator's father writing a book?

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

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