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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom does Reb Saunders think Danny is involved?
(a) A Christian girl.
(b) No one.
(c) A reformed Jewish woman.
(d) Rachel Gordon.

2. Why is Abe Greenfield unprepared for class?
(a) He had a major final in another class.
(b) His father forbids him to attend seminary any longer.
(c) He is prepared.
(d) He has been ill.

3. What does Kalman say Reuven has to do before Kalman will offer his scholarly approval of Reuven?
(a) Write an essay comparing orthodoxy and heterodoxy.
(b) Write an interpretation using strictly orthodox standards.
(c) Bring his father in to talk with Kalman.
(d) Make a decision.

4. How do David Malter and Rav Kalman differ academically?
(a) They base their research on different texts.
(b) They use different interpretive methods.
(c) They base their research on the same texts but different editions.
(d) One takes an academic approach and one takes a literal approach.

5. Where is Reuven summoned at the end of the chapter?
(a) To visit the foremost Rabbi alive at the time.
(b) To visit a Yeshiva in Israel as a guest lecturer.
(c) To meet with two other Yeshivas who have job offers.
(d) To see Michael.

6. Out of what does David think Kalman is acting?
(a) Love for the Torah.
(b) Bitterness at the deaths of his teacher and friends.
(c) Anger.
(d) Jealousy.

7. What is Reuven's father's response to Reuven's meetings with Kalman?
(a) He is grateful.
(b) He is frustrated and saddened.
(c) He does not know about them.
(d) He is angry.

8. How is Michael's treatment progressing?
(a) It has cured Michael and he is going home.
(b) It is not productive as yet.
(c) It is going as planned.
(d) It has been terminated.

9. What is going on with Michael during this time?
(a) He has killed himself.
(b) He is in a coma.
(c) He is sitting silent and motionless on his mattress.
(d) He is talking about his feelings finally.

10. Who does Reuven visit after speaking with Kalman?
(a) Rachel Gordon.
(b) Michael.
(c) Danny Saunders.
(d) David Malter.

11. What has Michael asked?
(a) To emigrate to Israel.
(b) To be allowed to leave the treatment center and make his own way in the world.
(c) To see Reuven.
(d) To see Rachel.

12. What is the setting at the opening to Chapter 8?
(a) A sailboat on the East River.
(b) Rav Kalman's Torah class.
(c) Professor Gordon's home.
(d) The Frankel library.

13. What does Reuven tell Danny when he returns to Danny?
(a) That Reuven told Reb Saunders about Danny's involvement with Rachel.
(b) That Danny's father is very perturbed with Danny.
(c) That Reuven is not going to see Michael anymore.
(d) That Danny's father is delighted to hear about Rachel.

14. What does Reuven realize about Danny's work with Michael?
(a) It is a shot in the dark.
(b) It is ineffective.
(c) It is motivated by deep compassion.
(d) It is an attempt to justify Danny's own life choices.

15. What does Ruth Gordon want?
(a) Rachel to marry Danny soon.
(b) The experiment on Michael stopped.
(c) Michael to be moved to an institution.
(d) Rachel to marry Ruth's best friend's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Danny and Michael discuss at the opening to Chapter 12?

2. Where does Michael go when Reuven goes in the house?

3. What surprises Kalman's Torah class?

4. Who does Kalman believe has the authority to interpret ancient Hebrew texts?

5. Where is Reuven at the opening of Chapter 9?

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