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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. Who asks Reuven to talk with Michael?
(a) Rachel Gordon.
(b) Danny.
(c) Professor Gordon.
(d) Reuven's father.

2. To what religion does the narrator's neighborhood belong?
(a) Christian.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Muslim.
(d) Jewish.

3. What is one image Michael sees in the clouds?
(a) Mount Olympus.
(b) His dead grandfather.
(c) Zeus.
(d) The old man from the fair the night before.

4. When does Reuven return to seminary?
(a) He decides not to return.
(b) He has never been in seminary.
(c) The Friday after Michael is taken to the treatment center.
(d) He is going to sit out one semester and then go back.

5. Who does Michael see briefly?
(a) Mrs. Gordon.
(b) Danny.
(c) His mother.
(d) His grandparents who are visiting from Israel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sects have inhabited the narrator's neighborhood?

2. What sect is the seminary that Reuven attends?

3. What does Reuven decide to teach Michael?

4. What does Danny say about Michael?

5. Who is the Jewish, elderly man who comes up to Reuven, Rachel and Michael?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Professor Gordon invite Reuven and what does Reuven do?

2. What has Reuven's father completed during the Fall and early Winter?

3. What happens between October and December for Reuven?

4. What does Michael say about orthodox Jews?

5. How does Reuven work out a way to meet Professor Gordon?

6. Describe Rav Kalman.

7. Describe Reuven and Michael's phone conversation.

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

9. What does Reuven reveal in a flashback?

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

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