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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From which point-of-view is the narrative of The Chosen related?
(a) First-person.
(b) Third-person.
(c) Second-person.
(d) Fourth-person.

2. In the beginning of Chapter 3, the hospital patients are listening to the news about what historical event?
(a) The John F. Kennedy assassination.
(b) The dropping of the atomic bomb.
(c) “D-Day.”
(d) The moon landing.

3. Danny Saunders’ father brought his congregation to the United States and settled in what neighborhood of Brooklyn?
(a) Williamsburg.
(b) South Park Slope.
(c) Sheepshead bay.
(d) Clinton hill.

4. Reuven has a picture of what physicist on his wall in Chapter 5?
(a) Riccardo Giacconi.
(b) Roger Penrose.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Abraham Bennet.

5. What name refers to a set of small black leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah, which are worn by observant Jews during weekday morning prayers?
(a) Goyim.
(b) Tefillin.
(c) Seder.
(d) Peyot.

6. Reuven’s reaction to the spider web on his porch in Chapter 9 demonstrates what characteristic in Reuven?
(a) Voyeurism.
(b) Masochism.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Sadism.

7. Who from Reuven’s baseball team visits him at the hospital in Chapter 3?
(a) Mr. Galanter.
(b) Mr. Thomas.
(c) Mr. Albertson.
(d) Mr. Michaels.

8. What does Reuven’s father refer to as discussion about the Talmud that has no relationship to the world in Chapter 6?
(a) Smicha.
(b) Shabbat.
(c) Nisan.
(d) Pilpul.

9. Danny Saunders explains to Reuven in Chapter 8 that he wants to read Freud but first must learn what in order to read his original writings?
(a) Spanish.
(b) German.
(c) Dutch.
(d) Polish.

10. What does Reb Saunders ask Reuven while they are alone waiting for tea in Chapter 8?
(a) What books Danny is reading.
(b) How Danny acts at school.
(c) If Danny has a girlfriend.
(d) If Danny has lied to him.

11. According to Reuven’s father in Chapter 6, the Cossacks were members of what church in Russia?
(a) The Evangelical Church.
(b) The Greek Orthodox Church.
(c) The Pentecostal Church.
(d) The Church of Vissarionism.

12. How old is Reuven Malter in Chapter 1?
(a) 15.
(b) 7.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

13. How old is Danny Saunders in Chapter 1?
(a) 9.
(b) 15.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

14. Who led the Cossacks when they rose up against the Nobles, according to Reuven’s father in Chapter 6?
(a) Alexander Tsiurupa.
(b) Dmytro Vyshnevetsky.
(c) Bogdan Chmielnicki.
(d) Dmitry Donskoy.

15. Reuven is not allowed to read yet, so he goes over what in his head at the library in Chapter 8?
(a) The American Civil War.
(b) Baseball games.
(c) Geography.
(d) Propositional calculus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Danny Saunders jokes that he is what to Reuven Malter in Chapter 4?

2. Who reveals that he meets with Danny Saunders in the library in Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 3, Danny's amazing intellect is shown through his memorizations of what?

4. Reuven enjoys listening to a symphony by what composer on the radio in Chapter 5?

5. What does Reuven tell Mr. Savo he wants to be when he grows up in Chapter 3?

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