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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How was Danny taught about suffering by his father?
(a) Danny's father takes him to post-WWII Germany.
(b) Danny's father shows him pictures of bombed cities.
(c) Danny's father only spoke to him when studying the Talmud.
(d) Danny's father makes him beg at Coney Island on Saturdays.

3. What classes does Reuven study?
(a) Linguistics.
(b) Psychology.
(c) History.
(d) Religion and philosophy.

4. Where is Reuven summoned at the end of the chapter?
(a) To meet with two other Yeshivas who have job offers.
(b) To visit the foremost Rabbi alive at the time.
(c) To visit a Yeshiva in Israel as a guest lecturer.
(d) To see Michael.

5. What does Michael talk about in the field of astronomy?
(a) The North Star.
(b) Red giants and white dwarfs.
(c) The new galaxies born every minute.
(d) The universe as god's playground.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Danny tell Reuven about Kalman?

2. What does Danny say about Michael?

3. What is the setting at the opening to Chapter 8?

4. What does Michael say his nosebleeds are not a result of?

5. What is Reuven's father's response to Reuven's meetings with Kalman?

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