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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pearl go to school?
(a) A Jewish school
(b) A magnet public school
(c) The same school as Levi
(d) A Catholic school

2. With what is Chad impressed concerning Boaz?
(a) His ability to insist in doing what he wants to do
(b) His service record
(c) Boaz survived the war unharmed
(d) Boaz defies his parents even now

3. Who is Pearl?
(a) Levi's best friend
(b) Boaz's wife
(c) Boaz's best friend
(d) Levi and Boaz's mother

4. What does Boaz say when Levi tells Boaz where Dov wants to take them?
(a) He has never like camping.
(b) He will catch up with them later.
(c) He is not interested.
(d) He is going job seaching and cannot make it.

5. Where does Dov want to take Abba and the boys?
(a) Dov's favorite Mexican restaurant
(b) Dov's favorite Chinese restaurant
(c) A camping trip
(d) Their cabin at the beach

6. What does Levi tell his friends about Boaz?
(a) Boaz is suffering from PTSD.
(b) All Boaz does is look up maps on the internet.
(c) Boaz has broken up with Christine.
(d) Boaz is seeing a psychiatrist.

7. What realization is dawning on Levi?
(a) Boaz is in deep psychological trouble.
(b) Levi has to be the strong one now.
(c) Levi has to be the leader now.
(d) Boaz is a stranger.

8. Why does Amanda go in to talk to the principal at Levi's school?
(a) To volunteer to be a classroom aide
(b) To thank the principal for the sign at the school's entrance
(c) To see why Levi's grades are falling
(d) To ask about a reception for Boaz

9. Who is Max?
(a) Dov's maintenance worker
(b) Levi's Hebrew teacher
(c) Christina's dog
(d) Christina's boyfriend

10. When does Shabbat occur?
(a) Twice a year
(b) Wednesday nights
(c) Once a year
(d) Friday nights

11. What kind of relationship did Boaz and his mother used to have?
(a) Affectionate
(b) Rocky
(c) Guarded
(d) Aloof

12. What does Levi do now when he wakes and hears sounds from Boaz's room?
(a) Buries his head in the pillow
(b) Asks Boaz to be quiet
(c) Turns on his radio
(d) Puts in ear plugs

13. What is the setting of the opening scene of the novel?
(a) Tel Aviv
(b) San Francisco
(c) Boston
(d) Jerusalem

14. What does everyone do when Boaz comes down for dinner?
(a) Tries to engage him in conversation
(b) Stares at him
(c) Is falsely upbeat wtih him
(d) Pretends he is not there

15. Why does Levi love sitting next to Pearl?
(a) To give her a hard time.
(b) He feels safe.
(c) To inhale her second hand smoke.
(d) To smell her perfume.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pearl say to comfort Levi about Boaz?

2. What is one thing Levi's parents have continued doing over the years?

3. What does Levi suggest Christina do?

4. Why does Levi not feel badly about going out?

5. What tattoo does Christina have on her ankle?

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