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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, Thirteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kalman think Reuven wavers between?
(a) Orthodoxy and heterodoxy.
(b) Hot and cold.
(c) The physical and spiritual worlds.
(d) Zeal and apathy.

2. Who is Reuven?
(a) A shoemaker.
(b) The mayor of Peekskill.
(c) A baker in the neighborhood.
(d) The narrator.

3. What does Rav Kalman ask Reuven?
(a) To leave seminary.
(b) To talk to Kalman about the tension between the two.
(c) To help Reuven's father feel better.
(d) To teach a class on heterodoxy.

4. Who does Kalman believe has the authority to interpret ancient Hebrew texts?
(a) The great commentators of old.
(b) Anyone who has studied the necessary prerequisites.
(c) No one.
(d) Only an ordained Rabbi.

5. Why are Rachel and Reuven nervous about what Michael is doing?
(a) They are afraid Michael might rile up the neighborhood gangs.
(b) Michael is taunting the boy who gave him a nosebleed.
(c) He is in danger of falling again.
(d) He might lose a lot of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Nota Finkel?

2. Who asks Danny to visit?

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

4. What is one thing Danny and Reuven discuss?

5. About what does Michael feel bad?

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