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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) No one.
(b) Rachel Gordon.
(c) A reformed Jewish woman.
(d) A Christian girl.

2. Who does Michael talk about?
(a) Danny.
(b) Professor Gordon.
(c) Reuven.
(d) Rachel.

3. What is Reuven's opinion about the proposed treatment for Michael?
(a) He thinks it is unlikely to make a difference.
(b) He thinks it is cruel.
(c) He has no opinion.
(d) He supports Danny.

4. Who has been upset by Rav Kalman's article on David Malter's book?
(a) No one; all know it is just the usualy academic give and take.
(b) Only the most extremist at Kalman's school.
(c) The orthodox immigrant faculty where David Malter works.
(d) Most of the reformists.

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

6. Who is Abe Greenfield?
(a) A friend with whom Reuven is sailing.
(b) Danny's cousin.
(c) The young man Rachel is dating.
(d) A student in Reuven's class at seminary.

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

8. What does Kalman think Reuven wavers between?
(a) Orthodoxy and heterodoxy.
(b) Zeal and apathy.
(c) The physical and spiritual worlds.
(d) Hot and cold.

9. What does Danny give Michael?
(a) A request to meet with another doctor.
(b) An invitation to a debate.
(c) A weekend pass to go home.
(d) A copy of the article Kalman writes about David Malter's book.

10. What does Michael say to a nurse?
(a) He is never going to talk to his father again.
(b) He is abandoning Judaism.
(c) He is leaving the United States.
(d) He knows what he must do.

11. What do the teachers at Professor Gordon's school think about David Malter's book?
(a) They love it.
(b) They think it is heretical.
(c) They have serious reservations.
(d) They think it is poorly written.

12. What does Kalman say to Reuven in class?
(a) He apologizes for his article about Reuven's father's book.
(b) He acts as though nothing is different.
(c) Only what is relevant to the daily lesson.
(d) Nothing.

13. What does Reuven notice about his father?
(a) Nothing in particular.
(b) He is moving on to other projects.
(c) He seems more optimistic.
(d) He seems depressed and sick.

14. Why is Rav Kalman's orthodoxy so entrenched?
(a) Because he knows he is right.
(b) No one knows why.
(c) Because of the beatings by his father when Rav Kalman is young.
(d) Because of the horrific events of the holocaust.

15. What does Danny want Reuven to convince Michael's parents to do?
(a) Send him to the West Coast to a successful clinic.
(b) Let them try isolation therapy on Michael..
(c) Take Michael home.
(d) Send him to Paris where they are successfully treating his problem.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the setting at the opening to Chapter 8?

3. What does Reuven read that infuriates him?

4. What does Kalman claim unravels and destroys the Talmud's authority?

5. What does Reuven realize about Danny's work with Michael?

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