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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the day after the sailing trip?
(a) Shabbat.
(b) Yom Kippur.
(c) No special day.
(d) Hanukkah.

2. What does Michael burn?
(a) A copy of Mein Kampf.
(b) The trash on the floor.
(c) A copy of the Tanach.
(d) A copy of the excommunication writ against his father.

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

4. According to Rueven's friend, what rumors are circulating through the seminary?
(a) That Reuven is going to apply to Professor Gordon's seminary.
(b) That Reuven plans to marry Rachel Gordon.
(c) That Kalman has a personal vendetta against Professor Gordon,
(d) That Reuven is going to be dismissed from seminary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Michael begin treatment?

2. What happens to Michael while he is arguing?

3. What is one major point of Gordon's "theology"?

4. About whom does Michael fantasize?

5. What does Kalman have Reuven read aloud?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Michael say about the universe when he is back home after the fair?

2. What are the narrator's plans for his schooling and what were the influences on his choice?

3. Describe Reuven and Michael's phone conversation.

4. What happens between October and December for Reuven?

5. What does Michael tell Reuven about Michael's nosebleeds?

6. Who is Nota Finkel and for what is he noted?

7. Describe Reuven's visit with Danny.

8. How does Danny's father raise Danny?

9. Describe the neighborhood in which the narrator lives at the opening of the The Promise.

10. When does Michael get a nosebleed at the fair, and what do Reuven and Rachel do?

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