History
Yiddish
Judaism
Plot
Literary Terms
100
The novel takes place during this war.
What is World War II?
100
Men who are Orthodox Jews wear this on their heads.
What are skullcaps?
100
The name of the Hebrew Bible.
What is the Torah?
100
This boxer recovered alongside Reuven in the hospital.
Who is Mr. Savo?
100
"The yeshiva team was as silent as death."
What is a simile?
200
Hasidism was born in the country.
What is Poland?
200
A Jewish school primarily devoted to the study of religious texts.
What is a yeshiva?
200
The name of the compilation of rabbinic conversations on law and ethics.
What is the Talmud?
200
This character's neighborhood is orderly and well-kept.
Who is Reuven?
200
"A breeze blew into the kitchen, stirring the ruffled curtains and carrying with it the odors of grass and orange blossoms."
What is imagery?
300
The Zionist movement resulted in the formation of this state.
What is Israel?
300
A term used to describe Jews who subscribe to unorthodox beliefs
What is "apikorsim"?
300
The traditional color worn by most Hasidic men.
What is black/dark colors?
300
What is the right answer? a) Chris gave his savings to his sister Carine. b) Ronald A. Franz became a catholic after he heard about Chris's death. c) Ronald A. Franz wanted to adopt Chris as his son.
c) Ronald A. Franz wanted to adopt Chris as his son.
300
"My father came in a few minutes later, looking worse than he had the day before. His cheeks were sunken, his eyes were red, and his face was ashen."
What is foreshadowing?
400
FDR died of this condition
What is a cerebral hemorrhage?
400
A word for non-Jews
What is "goyim"?
400
The Jewish day of worship.
What is Shabbat?
400
Reb Saunders raised Danny in silence so that he would not be like this person.
Who is Reb Saunders's brother?
400
"... I noticed for the first time that Homer's eyes seemed glazed, almost without pupils, as if the artist had been trying to show that he had been blind."
What is an allusion?
500
This European nation ruled Palestine before the creation of a new state.
What is Britain?
500
What is the term for the numerological practice of using the values of letters to make prophecy?
What is "gematriya"?
500
The rabbinic leader who founded Hasidism.
Who is Baal Shem Tov?
500
Danny will pursue a degree in psychology from this university.
What is Columbia?
500
"Rav Gershenson was a tall, heavy-shouldered man in his late sixties, with a long, pointed gray beard and thin, tapered fingers that seemed always to be dancing in the air."
What is characterization?
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