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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. What is the name of the Jewish coming-of-age ritual for young boys?

2. What text do Danny and Reuven spend studying at Reb Saunders’ study in Chapter 8?

3. Reuven has a picture of which U.S. President on his wall in Chapter 5?

4. Who led the Cossacks when they rose up against the Nobles, according to Reuven’s father in Chapter 6?

5. What is the Hebrew word for sidelocks or sidecurls within the Jewish tradition?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Reuven respond to the information he learns about Billy in Chapter 9? What symbolic imagery is described at the end of this chapter?

2. What is significant about Danny’s and Reuven’s aspirations within their synagogues in Chapter 3?

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

4. What changes Reb Saunders’ views of Reuven in Chapter 7? How is this indicated?

5. What is indicated by David Malter’s description of the fortunate and unfortunate in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the setting of The Chosen and the importance of that setting to the narrative and its themes. Could The Chosen be “modernized,” or would this affect the story itself? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of identity in the novel. How is identity developed thematically in Reuven and Danny? How does it apply to the character of Reb Saunders? What symbolism reflects this theme in the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the characters of Mr. Savo, Billy Merritt and Mr. Galanter. What are Reuven’s impressions of each of these individuals? How do they each influence Reuven as a character? What do they each represent symbolically in the narrative?

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