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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. When Danny Saunders visits Reuven Malter in Chapter 7, he wants to take Reuven where to meet his father?
(a) His father’s Shul.
(b) Madison Square Garden.
(c) His mother's home.
(d) His aunt's apartment.

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

3. Danny Saunders explains to Reuven in Chapter 7 that his grandfather was a well-known Hasidic Jew from where?
(a) Sweden.
(b) England.
(c) Poland.
(d) Russia.

4. What is the name of the ex-boxer who stays in the hospital bed by Reuven in Chapter 2?
(a) Mr. Gershenson.
(b) Mr. Canter.
(c) Mr. Merritt.
(d) Mr. Savo.

5. Danny Saunders jokes that he is what to Reuven Malter in Chapter 4?
(a) A father figure.
(b) A saint.
(c) The Messiah.
(d) A brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Reuven is amazed in Chapter 5 that the baseball game accident had happened only how many days ago?

2. From where does Reuven have glass removed in Chapter 2?

3. Reuven has not seen Danny Saunders in how long in the beginning of Chapter 9?

4. Reuven's father says in Chapter 4 that "two people who are true friends are like two bodies with” what?

5. Who does Reuven Malter hear groaning from his hospital bed in the beginning of Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Reuven feel like his life has changed when he returns home from the hospital in Chapter 5? Why?

2. How is Reuven’s home described when he returns from the hospital in Chapter 5? Who greets them when they arrive home?

3. How is Reuven’s health in the beginning of Chapter 9? What do he and Danny discuss when they meet?

4. What is foreshadowed through Reuven’s inner thoughts and considerations returning home from the hospital in Chapter 5?

5. What does Reuven consider about his first foray into the Hasidic world in Chapter 7?

6. Who is the narrator of The Chosen? How old is this character in Chapter 1, and how is his life and family described?

7. Where is Reuven taken for his injury in Chapter 2? How does Reuven feel?

8. How does the relationship between Reuven and Danny evolve in Chapter 3?

9. How does Reuven respond to the apology offered him in Chapter 2? What does this indicate?

10. What is indicated by David Malter’s discussion of Dov Baer in Chapter 8?

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