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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Reuven learns that Danny’s father only talks to him when in Chapter 4?
(a) At breakfast.
(b) On weekends.
(c) When they study the Talmud.
(d) At dinner.

2. Who is the attending doctor to Reuven Malter during his hospital stay in Chapter 2?
(a) Dr. Lawrence.
(b) Dr. Snydman.
(c) Dr. Martin.
(d) Dr. Robinson.

3. Reuven is amazed in Chapter 5 that the baseball game accident had happened only how many days ago?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 15.

4. What refers to a front-buttoned coat or overdress, usually reaching to the ankles, with long sleeves, worn by Hasidic Jews?
(a) A caftan.
(b) A Yeshiva.
(c) A tzaddik.
(d) A rabbi.

5. 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) Pilpul.
(c) Shabbat.
(d) Nisan.

6. Sigmund Freud is considered to be the father of what?
(a) Physics.
(b) Psychoanalysis.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Astronomy.

7. 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) Seder.
(c) Peyot.
(d) Tefillin.

8. Who is Reuven Malter’s gym teacher in Chapter 1?
(a) Mr. Grossman.
(b) Mrs. Snydman.
(c) Mr. Galanter.
(d) Mrs. Carpenter.

9. Reuven's father says in Chapter 4 that "two people who are true friends are like two bodies with” what?
(a) “One mind.”
(b) “One ear.”
(c) “One soul.”
(d) “One heart.”

10. Danny Saunders plans on studying the Talmud and reading the works of whom during his vacation in Chapter 9?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Sigmund Freud.
(d) George Washington.

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

12. What does Danny Saunders want to be when he grows up in Chapter 3?
(a) A psychologist.
(b) A meteorologist.
(c) A bus driver.
(d) A chemist.

13. What does Reuven tell Mr. Savo he wants to be when he grows up in Chapter 3?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A rabbi.
(c) A baseball player.
(d) An astronaut.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Reuven has been given permission to do what again in Chapter 9?

3. What is the name of the nurse who is in charge of Reuven Malter in the hospital in Chapter 2?

4. Reuven Malter’s home is described as what in Chapter 5?

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

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