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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. Danny Saunders and Reuven Malter discover they were born how far apart in Chapter 7?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 8 days.
(c) 7 weeks.
(d) 2 days.

2. Reuven’s father says that in 1700 a Jewish child named Israel was born. Instead of studying the Talmud, Israel studied what?
(a) The Mishnah.
(b) The Kabbalah.
(c) The Midrash.
(d) The Nevi'im.

3. Reuven goes onto his front porch and observes what caught in a spider web in Chapter 9?
(a) An ant.
(b) A housefly.
(c) A dragonfly.
(d) A grasshopper.

4. Reuven enjoys listening to a symphony by what composer on the radio in Chapter 5?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Mozart.
(c) Bach.
(d) Tchaikovsky.

5. What does Danny Saunders tell Reuven when he visits him at the hospital in Chapter 3?
(a) His team won.
(b) He's sorry.
(c) He will never play baseball again.
(d) His team lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. Reuven calls Billy’s home to see how his surgery went in Chapter 9. What does Reuven learn?

2. The Malters’ housekeeper is from where in the novel?

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

4. Danny Saunders finds Reuven at the library and reads aloud to him passages from what book in Chapter 8?

5. When was Shabbtai Zvi born?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whose baseball teams play against one another in Chapter 1? How are these teams attired and where do they play?

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

3. What is indicated by Reuven’s thoughts in the beginning of Chapter 8?

4. How does Reuven become injured during the game in Chapter 1? How does the game end?

5. How is Reuven’s relationship with his father illustrated in Chapter 3?

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

7. What conversation do Reuven and Danny have about Reb Saunders in Chapter 7?

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

9. How does the challenging baseball team appear to Reuven’s teammates in Chapter 1?

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

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