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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) That Michael is in a permanent facility for the mentally ill.
(b) Very little.
(c) That his case appears hopeless.
(d) That Michael is doing quite well.

2. Who says it is not a good day to visit?
(a) Michael.
(b) Mrs. Gordon.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Professor Gordon.

3. Why does Michael hate orthodox Jews?
(a) He does not hate them; he is fascinated with them.
(b) Because they are fanatics and hypocrites.
(c) Because the girl he likes father is one and he will not allow them to see each other.
(d) Because they make other Jews look unholy.

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

5. When does Reuven return to seminary?
(a) He decides not to return.
(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 has never been in seminary.

6. Where do the narrator and Rachel spend the summer together?
(a) In Nova Scotia.
(b) In New Brunswick.
(c) In Peekskill.
(d) On a ranch in the Rockies.

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

8. According to rumors, what is one thing Kalman goes through during WWII?
(a) Seeing his family shot.
(b) Being forced to work in mines in Poland.
(c) Fleeing from Germany to Australia.
(d) Seeing his children taken for adoption by German families.

9. Where is the setting at the opening of the Introduction?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Long Island.
(c) Newark.
(d) Queens.

10. What does Michael do that he is cheated out of?
(a) He throws three baseballs in the holes.
(b) He wins a trophy.
(c) He knocks the milk bottoms over.
(d) Nothing.

11. Why are the Gordons angry with Rachel?
(a) She lied to her father.
(b) She didn't bring Michael home after his first nosebleed.
(c) She is with a non-Jewish date.
(d) She let Michael gamble.

12. What is Rachel urging Michael to do?
(a) Stop rolling the dice.
(b) See a doctor.
(c) Buy her a candied apple.
(d) Go home to rest.

13. Of what does Kalman remind Reuven?
(a) That Professor Gordon is suspected of destroying valuable documents.
(b) That Professor Gordon is excommunicated.
(c) That Reuven is going to be a Hasidic Rabbi.
(d) That Reuven's father would not approve of Reuven's behavior.

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

15. What kind of game do Reuven, Rachel and Michael go to?
(a) A bottle knock down.
(b) Ring toss.
(c) A dice game.
(d) Ball throwing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Reuven encounter Professor Gordon?

2. What is one possible explanation for Michael's nosebleeds?

3. What do Michael and Reuven talk about as far as the clouds go?

4. With whom does Kotzker Rebbe have disagreements?

5. What does Kalman ask Reuven one day after class?

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