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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. To what time does a flashback go?
(a) January, 1948.
(b) January, 1950.
(c) Fall, 1949.
(d) Fall, 1949.

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

3. Who is Reuven?
(a) A shoemaker.
(b) The mayor of Peekskill.
(c) The narrator.
(d) A baker in the neighborhood.

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

5. How does Michael get a nosebleed?
(a) Playing soccer.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Standing up in a ride at the fair.
(d) Tripping and falling down.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What past experience of Rabbi Kalman's does Reuven mention?

3. What does Michael say he cannot get out of his head?

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

5. Why does Reuven say he visited the Frankel library?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Danny tell Reuven about Michael?

3. How does Danny's father raise Danny?

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

5. What happens between October and December for Reuven?

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

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

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

9. Who does Reuven call the day after sailing with Michael and what is the result?

10. About whom does Rachel ask Reuven and what is his reply?

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