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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. About what is the narrator's father writing a book?
(a) Peaceful negotiations.
(b) The crusades.
(c) Zionism.
(d) The Talmud.

2. Who is Danny?
(a) Reuven's younger brother.
(b) The grocery boy.
(c) Reuven's best friend.
(d) Reuven's first cousin.

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

4. 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.

5. Who does Reuven arrange to meet?
(a) Professor Gordon.
(b) Reuven's uncle.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Reuven's grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem has Professor Gordon had?

2. What is one image Michael sees in the clouds?

3. Of what does Kalman remind Reuven?

4. What is one possible explanation for Michael's nosebleeds?

5. Who does Reuven call the day after he and Michael go sailing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Danny become involved with the Gordon family?

3. Describe the game which Michael is playing and which is making Reuven and Rachel nervous for him.

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

5. What is the topic of Michael's long-winded monologue to Reuven?

6. Describe Reuven and Michael's phone conversation.

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

8. What does Michael say about orthodox Jews?

9. Who does Reuven encounter at the library and what is the person doing?

10. Who does the narrator meet in Spring of 1950 that changes his view some about his religion?

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