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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. About whom does Michael fantasize?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Michael's next-door neighbor.
(d) Reuven.

3. What is one possible explanation for Michael's nosebleeds?
(a) Being underweight.
(b) Being overweight.
(c) Allergies.
(d) Insomnia.

4. Where does Reuven go the day after the fair?
(a) Coney Island.
(b) Times Square.
(c) The Empire State Building.
(d) The beach.

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

6. Who does Reuven arrange to meet?
(a) Reuven's uncle.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Reuven's grandfather.
(d) Professor Gordon.

7. How does Reuven describe Professor Gordon?
(a) A fanatical Zionist.
(b) A very liberal Jewish Rabbi.
(c) A kind, gentle soul.
(d) A fanatical, orthodox Rabbi.

8. What sects have inhabited the narrator's neighborhood?
(a) Sufi.
(b) Hasidic.
(c) Muslim.
(d) Arab.

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

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

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

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

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

14. When does Reuven return to seminary?
(a) He has never been in seminary.
(b) The Friday after Michael is taken to the treatment center.
(c) He is going to sit out one semester and then go back.
(d) He decides not to return.

15. About what is the narrator's father writing a book?
(a) The Talmud.
(b) Zionism.
(c) Peaceful negotiations.
(d) The crusades.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Kalman remind Reuven?

2. What time frame does Chapter 5 concern?

3. What does Reuven hear about Michael?

4. When does Michael begin treatment?

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

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