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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Michael begin treatment?
(a) He agrees to start after the new year.
(b) He refuses treatment.
(c) The second week in October.
(d) He starts the same day that Michael returns to classes.

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

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

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

5. What happens to Michael while he is arguing?
(a) He breaks down.
(b) He hits the elderly man.
(c) Nothing.
(d) He pulls out a gun and shoots the booth attendant.

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

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

8. About what does Michael feel bad?
(a) That his mother is disappointed in him.
(b) That he is setting a poor example for his brother.
(c) How he acted the night before.
(d) That his father will confront the old man.

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

10. How often does Reuven see Rachel between October and December?
(a) Never.
(b) Seldom.
(c) Several days a week.
(d) Almost daily.

11. Who is Michael Gordon?
(a) Rachel's uncle.
(b) Rachel's father.
(c) Rachel's cousin.
(d) Rachel's brother.

12. What does Professor Gordon look over at the Zechariah Frankel library?
(a) A new theory about the writing of the Talmud.
(b) Negative reviews of his works.
(c) Some books on mental illness.
(d) He does not go to the library because they are too restrictive.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator decide to do?

3. What kind of game do Reuven, Rachel and Michael go to?

4. What book does Reuven read by Kalman on the subway?

5. Why does Michael hate orthodox Jews?

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