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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Rosh chastises Daniel, what does Daniel do?

2. What does Leah tell her pet goat?

3. What is the significance of the blaring trumpet?

4. What were the last words Daniel ever heard his grandmother say?

5. What does Joel tell Daniel about Rosh?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Rosh's reaction to finding Joel there after the ambush?

2. What effect does Daniel's kindness have on Samson?

3. The grandmother's house is about to fall down. Where do Daniel and Leah go to live?

4. Why does Daniel tell his friends that he ended up as a slave to Amelek?

5. Watching Joel and his sister on the side of the mountain, what memories come back to Daniel?

6. What in Rosh's behavior gives some indication that he is not the hero Daniel thinks he is?

7. What does Daniel do while he watches beside his grandmother?

8. What is the result of the argument Daniel has with Joel's father?

9. Why does Simon come to take Daniel to the synagogue the next morning?

10. Discuss the symbolism of Daniel hammering flaws out of the hot iron.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Nathan and Joktan as characters in the novel. Write about the qualities they share and yet how different they are in many ways.

Essay Topic 2

Write a paper contrasting the life Daniel has at the mountain cave and the life he enjoys being hidden away in Joel's house.

Essay Topic 3

Write a short story in which Leah is the only character. The story will consist of her thoughts after she receives her first silver coin from the widow of Chorazin.

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