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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. The entire Hirsch campus is saddened by the rising violence between whom in Chapter 15?

2. Where do Reuven, Danny, and Reb Saunders meet in Chapter 18?

3. Reuven’s father feels that it is important to have what geographic region as a Jewish homeland?

4. What has Reuven Malter’s father suffered in Chapter 12?

5. Danny Saunders claims to have learned how do live with what in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the new school year begin for Reuven and Danny in Chapter 11?

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

3. What is the central theme of Chapter 18? How does this theme relate to silence?

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

5. How are the religious studies and lifestyles of Reuven and Danny juxtaposed in Chapter 10?

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

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

8. What viewpoints does Chapter 12 present regarding the creation of Israel?

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

10. What does Reuven’s father compare Danny Saunders to in Chapter 17?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the impact of Shabbtai Zvi on Jewish culture and beliefs. How did Judaism change after his emergence and disappearance? Why is Shabbtai Zvi discussed in The Chosen?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the impact of D-Day on the characters in the novel in Chapter 3. How does Reuven respond to this historical event? What does Reuven’s father believe that D-Day indicates for the future of the Jewish People? What does Danny’s father think?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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