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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Reuven hear about Michael?
(a) Very little.
(b) That his case appears hopeless.
(c) That Michael is in a permanent facility for the mentally ill.
(d) That Michael is doing quite well.

2. For what purpose does Professor Gordon want Reuven to bring his friend Daniel Saunders to the Gordon home?
(a) To see if Daniel and Michael will hit if off.
(b) As a mitzvah.
(c) Because Rachel would like to meet Daniel.
(d) To ask Daniel about his experiences in a concentration camp.

3. How many therapists has Michael been to over the past 14 months?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 0.
(d) 3.

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

5. What does Reuven decide to teach Michael?
(a) How to sail.
(b) How to whittle.
(c) How to read Hebrew.
(d) How to dance.

6. About what does Michael display much knowledge?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Sailing.
(c) Horse racing.
(d) Astronomy.

7. What does the narrator decide to do?
(a) Join the army.
(b) Return to Eurpoe after it is rebuilt.
(c) Go to rabbinical school.
(d) Move to Israel.

8. What is the name of the narrator in the Introduction?
(a) Esther.
(b) Chaim.
(c) Jonathon.
(d) He is not yet named.

9. Who is Abraham Gordon?
(a) A man who escaped from Ravensbrook.
(b) Rachel Gorden's father.
(c) The temple cantor.
(d) A professor who is hated by the Jewish orthodoxy.

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

11. How is Michael doing?
(a) He is fine and has been released from treatment.
(b) Reuven does not know.
(c) As well as can be expected.
(d) He has had a major breakdown.

12. What is one adjective that describes Kalman?
(a) Despondent.
(b) Optimistic.
(c) Harsh.
(d) Kindly.

13. What is one major point of Gordon's "theology"?
(a) All religions worship the same god.
(b) God is a product of the sum of all souls.
(c) Jews can fail to believe but remain observant.
(d) Theology is not necessary in the modern world.

14. What time frame does Chapter 5 concern?
(a) Late 1952.
(b) It is not stated.
(c) Autumn to early December of 1951.
(d) Early 1951.

15. What book does Reuven read by Kalman on the subway?
(a) A book about some very obscure passages in the Talmud.
(b) A book on the reasons for excommunication of a member of the Jewish community.
(c) A book on ethics.
(d) A book on interpreting techniques.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has the population of the narrator's neighborhood grown rapidly by 1950?

2. Who asks Reuven to talk with Michael?

3. According to Rueven's friend, what rumors are circulating through the seminary?

4. Who is Rachel Gorden?

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

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