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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kalman ask Reuven one day after class?
(a) If Reuven's father could give Kalman a call.
(b) If Reuven is dating Rachel Gordon.
(c) If Reuven wants to be his research assistant.
(d) If Rueven was associating with Professor Gorden at Frankel library.

2. To whom does the conversation between Danny and Reuven turn after talking about Rachel?
(a) Kalman Rebbe.
(b) Professor Gordon.
(c) Reuven's father.
(d) Michael.

3. According to Reuven, what will happen to the Hasid if they do not change?
(a) They will be left at the wayside.
(b) They will grow stronger.
(c) They will stagnate.
(d) They will lose.

4. Where does Reuven encounter Professor Gordon?
(a) The zoo.
(b) The library.
(c) At the hospital while visiting Michael.
(d) At Ellis Island.

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Reuven say he visited the Frankel library?
(a) To help his father in research.
(b) To sign a petition to the city about discrimination.
(c) To meet with a friend who lives nearby.
(d) To meet with Rachel.

10. Who has gotten in fist fights with others?
(a) Rachel's brother.
(b) Danny's youngest brother.
(c) Reuven's youngest brother.
(d) Michael.

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

12. Who asks Reuven to talk with Michael?
(a) Professor Gordon.
(b) Reuven's father.
(c) Rachel Gordon.
(d) Danny.

13. To what religion does the narrator's neighborhood belong?
(a) Muslim.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Christian.

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

15. About what does Professor Gordon ask Reuben?
(a) If Reuven is interested in Rachel.
(b) The fair and Michael's behavior.
(c) Whether God is a just god.
(d) If God is demanding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reuven decide to teach Michael?

2. Who says it is not a good day to visit?

3. Who is Abraham Gordon?

4. Where do the narrator and Rachel spend the summer together?

5. Who is Michael Gordon?

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