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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 problem has Professor Gordon had?
(a) A bout with polio.
(b) A problem with shingles.
(c) A case of flu.
(d) A heart attack.

2. Who has shut himself up for twenty years?
(a) Reuven's uncle.
(b) Kotzker Rebbe.
(c) The man who lives on Reuven's street.
(d) Reuven's great-grandmother.

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

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

5. What does Reuven decide to teach Michael?
(a) How to dance.
(b) How to read Hebrew.
(c) How to sail.
(d) How to whittle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Michael on the drive home?

2. When does Michael begin treatment?

3. Who calls Reuven and is acting odd?

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

5. Why are Rachel and Reuven nervous about what Michael is doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Michael say about orthodox Jews?

3. Describe Reuven's visit with Danny.

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

5. Describe Rav Kalman.

6. Describe Reuven and Michael's phone conversation.

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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