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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. Reuven has a picture of what physicist on his wall in Chapter 5?

2. What was responsible for causing Billy’s blindness in the novel?

3. Danny Saunders jokes that he is what to Reuven Malter in Chapter 4?

4. Reuven goes onto his front porch and observes what caught in a spider web in Chapter 9?

5. Reuven’s reaction to the spider web on his porch in Chapter 9 demonstrates what characteristic in Reuven?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How are the differences between Reuven and Danny explained to Reuven by his father in Chapter 6?

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

7. What does Reuven’s father say he understands about Danny and Reuven’s place in Danny’s life in Chapter 6?

8. How does the baseball game begin in Chapter 1? Who takes the lead?

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

10. How is Danny Saunders described in Chapter 1? What is Danny’s apparel like? Where does he live?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define literary motif and discuss the motif of silence illustrated in the novel. What different silences are described by the narrator? What do they symbolize to him? What does silence mean to Danny and Reb Saunders?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of psychology in the book. Why is Danny drawn toward the study of psychoanalysis? How does Reuven differ in this regard? What does Danny’s interest in psychology cause conflict within his family and culture?

Essay Topic 3

Reuven’s entrance into the Hasidic world by visiting Reb Saunders’ Shul. What are Reuven’s impressions of the congregation? How does he feel about the rituals enacted at the service?

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