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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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. Savo.
(d) Mr. Merritt.

2. What is a system of assigning numerical value to a word or phrase, in the belief that words or phrases with identical numerical values bear some relation to each other, or bear some relation to the number itself as it may apply to a person's age, the calendar year, or the like?
(a) Payot.
(b) Gematriya.
(c) Shabbat.
(d) Talmud.

3. What is the standard Hebrew Biblical term for non-Jews?
(a) Shabbat.
(b) Smicha.
(c) Goyim.
(d) Nisan.

4. Reuven has war maps from what periodical all over his walls in Chapter 5?
(a) National Geographic.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) Time.
(d) Newsweek.

5. What does Reuven do in order to save a creature caught in a spider web in Chapter 9?
(a) Destroys the web with a stick.
(b) Catches the spider with a jar.
(c) Crushes the spider.
(d) Blows on the web.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which point-of-view is the narrative of The Chosen related?

2. Which character in the novel says, “It is the end of Hitler, may his name and memory be erased” in Chapter 11?

3. Food that may be consumed according to Jewish law is termed what in English?

4. To what medical facility is Reuven Malter taken in Chapter 2?

5. Reuven’s father feels that it is important to have what geographic region as a Jewish homeland?

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