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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 one possible explanation for Michael's nosebleeds?
(a) Insomnia.
(b) Being underweight.
(c) Being overweight.
(d) Allergies.

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

3. Who has been seeing Rachel more and more?
(a) Danny.
(b) Reuven.
(c) Michael.
(d) An unnamed man from Harvard.

4. What does Danny say about Michael?
(a) He is just suffering from adolescent hormones.
(b) He is quite mentally ill.
(c) He is only mildly neurotic.
(d) There is nothing wrong with him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing that is established in the narrator's neighborhood as it becomes more populous?

2. Who is David Malter?

3. Why are the Gordons angry with Rachel?

4. What does Michael burn?

5. What does Michael do that he is cheated out of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Reuven say about the Hasid?

2. Describe Rav Kalman.

3. Where do Michael and Reuven go the day after the fair, and what does Reuven teach Michael?

4. What does Kalman discuss with Reuven after class concerning Professor Gordon?

5. What does Michael say about orthodox Jews?

6. Describe Reuven's visit with Danny.

7. What does Reuven reveal in a flashback?

8. Describe the elderly man who is the father of the booth attendant at the dice game.

9. What do Reuven and Professor Gordon discuss about Michael?

10. How does the narrator's neighborhood change in the early 1950s?

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