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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. In Chapter 18, Reuven and Danny complete their undergraduate college degrees, both earning what honors?

2. When was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt born?

3. Who in the Saunders home has unexplained crying spells in Chapter 12?

4. Danny Saunders’ psychology professor explains to him that Freudian psychology cannot be applied to what in Chapter 13?

5. What organization does Reb Saunders originate and develop in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes the animosity between Danny and Reuven in Chapter 13?

2. How do Danny and Reuven’s fathers disagree regarding the establishment of a Jewish state?

3. What does Reuven conclude about Rav Gershenson’s viewpoints in Chapter 14?

4. What is the setting and time period of Chapter 15? How does Danny reemerge in Reuven’s life?

5. How is the relationship between Danny and Reuven illustrated in Chapter 15?

6. How does Reb Saunders treat Reuven in Chapter 16? How does Reuven feel about this?

7. How does the synagogue respond when Reb Saunders announces Danny’s plans for his education in Chapter 18?

8. What does Reuven’s father realize about Reb Saunders’ silence with Danny in Chapter 17?

9. How is Reuven’s time spent with his father in Chapter 10? Why does Mr. Malter travel to Manhattan?

10. What has Danny decided to study in Chapter 16? Why is this significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the themes of forgiveness and friendship in the novel. How are these themes illustrated in Reuven’s acceptance of Danny’s apology in Chapter 3? Where else is forgiveness a key theme in the novel? What does Danny’s friendship mean to Reuven?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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