The Chosen Chapter 1 Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) Who is the narrator of this story? (2) Who is the narrator of the story and where does he live? (3) Who is the narrator speaking of, who lives only a few blocks away from him? (4) At what aged did he meet Danny Saunders? (5) Danny Saunders lives in a section of town inhabited by what group of people? (6) What is a yeshiva? (7) Where does Reuven Malter attend school? (8) What about Reuven's school makes it stand out in comparison to Danny's school? (9) In what kind of school program do Danny and Reuven originally meet? (10) What team is Reuven playing on? (11) Who is Mr. Galanter? (12) How does Reuven's team compare to their athletic opponents? (13) Who warns Reuven about Danny Saunders, on the opposing team? (14) What expression does Danny use on Reuven to indicate that his team will be victorious? (15) Who is David Malter? (16) What happens to Reuven when Danny hits the ball toward him? SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY __________________ (1) Reuven Malter (2) He is a Jewish teenager and he lives in Brooklyn, New York. (3) Danny Saunders. (4) Fifteen. (5) Russian Hasidic Jews. (6) A Jewish parochial school. (7) In Crown Heights. (8) They offer more English subjects and use Hebrew instead of Yiddish. (9) An athletic league, part of the physical fitness program. (10) Softball. (11) A gym instructor heading up Reuven's team. (12) They are more casual. (13) Davey Cantor. (14) He says that his team will kill 'you apikorsim'. (15) He is Reuven's father. (16) He gets hit in the eye, breaking his glasses. The Chosen Chapter 2 Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) To which hospital does Mr. Galanter take Reuven? (2) What is the injured Reuven worried about, outside of his eye injury? (3) Who is the doctor that examines Reuven's eye? (4) The doctor tells Reuven that he will be taken to [where]. (5) Who are the two other people Reuven meets in the hospital? (6) What was Tony Savo's occupation? (7) How was Billy injured? (8) Reuven finds out that [this] was in his eye, and he must remain in the hospital for a while. (9) Reuven's father tell Reuven that [who] has called to offer an apology. (10) What does Reuven reveal to his father about the injury to his eye? (11) Reuven is forbidden to do [what] for a few days. SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY __________________ (1) Brooklyn Memorial Hospital. (2) How his father will take the news about his injury. (3) Dr. Snydman. (4) The eye ward. (5) Tony Savo and Billy. (6) A prizefighter. (7) In a car accident. (8) Glass. (9) Danny Saunders's father. (10) He believes that Danny did it on purpose. (11) Read. The Chosen Chapter 3 Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) How is Reuven awakened from his sleep? (2) Mr. Savo plays catch with [whom]. (3) Reuven tells Savo that he wants to be [this] but his father wants him to be a mathematician. (4) Who arrive at the hospital to visit Reuven? (5) Danny and Reuven argue again and Danny calls Reuven a [what], again. (6) On Danny's second visit he says that he was angry with Reuven in the game because he did [what]. (7) Danny and Reuven talk about their study of [this]. (8) Danny tells Reuven that he wants to become a [what] as an adult. (9) Danny says that he feels pressure to win at softball because of [whom]. SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY __________________ (1) His radio is blaring news about D-Day. (2) Mickey - a young boy in the hospital. (3) Rabbi. (4) Mr. Galanter and Danny. (5) Apikoros. (6) He pitched him some curve balls. (7) The Talmud. (8) Psychologist. (9) His father. The Chosen Chapter 4 Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) What good news does Reuven's father bring him in the hospital? (2) Reuven is warned that he will not be able to do [this] for ten days. (3) Reuven's father is surprised by Danny's second visit and how [this] has happened between the boys. (4) Reuven's father says that the Talmud teaches [this]. (5) During the night and the next day, Reuven sees that [this] has been drawn around Mr. Savo's bed. (6) What sound is coming from Mr. Savo's area that disturbs him? (7) On Danny's visit the boys at first discuss [what] subject? (8) What book by Ernest Hemingway do the boys discuss? (9) Danny admits that he sometimes is bored studying [what]. (10) Because of Danny comments on study, Reuven says that he doesn't much sound like a [what]. (11) Danny tells Reuven that he is forced in his way of life because people expect [this] of him. (12) Reuven's father recognizes Danny when he sees him at the hospital because [why]. (13) Who has been taken from the ward under mysterious circumstances? SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY __________________ (1) He will be able to go home on Friday. (2) Read. (3) They seem to like each other. (4) That a person must find a teacher and a friend. (5) The curtain. (6) A moaning. (7) Religion. (8) A Farewell to Arms. (9) The Talmud. (10) Hasid. (11) That he will follow in his father's steps. (12) He has been recommending books to him at the library. (13) Billy. The Chosen Chapter 5 Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) What kind of house do Reuven and his father live in? (2) Who is Manya? (3) How would you describe Reuven's lunch? (4) What kinds of maps line the walls of Reuven's room? (5) Whose pictures are on the walls of Reuven's room? (6) Who does Reuven think about as he stares out the window? SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY __________________ (1) A brownstone. (2) The Russian maid. (3) Very large and elaborate. (4) War maps. (5) Franklin D. Roosevelt and Albert Einstein. (6) Billy from the hospital. The Chosen Chapter 6 Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) Reuven's father answers some questions about [whom] for Reuven. (2) Reuven's father talks to Reuven about [what] country? (3) According to Reuven's father, after 1700 in Poland [who] began Hasidism? (4) According to Reuven, Danny's father is a [what], and will pass this position on to his son. (5) Reuven's father tells Reuven that he believes Danny is torn between his intellectual desires and his religion of [what]. SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY __________________ (1) Danny (2) Poland (3) Israel (4) Tzaddik (5) Hasidism. The Chosen Chapter 7 Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) The next day Reuven is one of the eight people at synagogue who is called to do [what]. (2) Reuven goes home to take a nap and when he awakens he finds [whom] there. (3) Danny attributes his lack of not having met Reuven earlier on [whom and why]. (4) In talking to Danny, Reuven suggests that his father sounds like a [what]. (5) Danny's father was a [what] in southern Russia during World War I. (6) What happened to Danny's father's first wife? (7) What was Danny's father's real name, before he changed it? (8) How does Reuven feel when he enters Danny's home? (9) All the men in Danny's house are dressed [how]? (10) Reuven tells Danny that among the crowd of men in his house he feels like [what]. (11) Why do the men in Danny's house part in rows as be passes among them? (12) What is Danny's father doing as he relates information about the gematriya to the boys? (13) Reb Saunders tells Reuven that he feels [this] way about his relationship with his son. (14) What reservation does Reb Saunders have about Reuven's father? (15) On returning home Reuven learns that his father does not like [what]. (16) Reuven feels [this] way about Danny's father? SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY __________________ (1) Recite the blessing over the Torah. (2) Danny. (3) His father would not let him associate with outsiders. (4) Tyrant. (5) Rabbi. (6) A band of marauders murdered her and his children. (7) Senders. (8) Like an intruder. (9) In black caftan. (10) A cowboy surrounded by Indians. (11) Out of respect for the son of the father. (12) He is indirectly quizzing them. (13) He says he is happy that they are friends. (14) He writes scientific criticism. (15) Gematriya. (16) He is a great man who could make a great contribution to the world if he were not a tzaddik. The Chosen Chapter 8 Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) What kind of reception does Reuven receive when he returns to school? (2) Where does Reuven later meet Danny? (3) What is Danny studying when Reuven meets up with him? (4) The book that Danny is reading is sharply critical of [whom]. (5) Danny tells Reuven that there is something wrong with his brother's [what]. (6) Reuven reveals to his father when he later sees him that Danny wants to read the works of [this] psychologist. (7) Reb Saunders feels he cannot openly talk to his son, so when he sees Reuven he asks [this] about his son. (8) Reuven tells Reb Saunders that [who] is suggesting readings for his son. (9) Reuven, discussing Danny's reading habits, avoids telling his father [what]. The Chosen Chapter 8 Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) What kind of reception does Reuven receive when he returns to school? (2) Where does Reuven later meet Danny? (3) What is Danny studying when Reuven meets up with him? (4) The book that Danny is reading is sharply critical of [whom]. (5) Danny tells Reuven that there is something wrong with his brother's [what]. (6) Reuven reveals to his father when he later sees him that Danny wants to read the works of [this] psychologist. (7) Reb Saunders feels he cannot openly talk to his son, so when he sees Reuven he asks [this] about his son. (8) Reuven tells Reb Saunders that [who] is suggesting readings for his son. (9) Reuven, discussing Danny's reading habits, avoids telling his father [what]. The Chosen Chapter 9 Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) How long is it before Reuven sees Danny again? (2) Why doesn't Reuven see Danny more often? (3) Danny calls Reuven and tells him he would be staying at home this summer studying [what]. (4) When Reuven calls Billy's father to find out how he is, what does he get for an answer? SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY __________________ (1) A week. (2) He is studying for exams. (3) The Talmud - and reading Freud. (4) Billy is not well and has been sent to Albany, where his family will go. The Chosen Chapter 10 Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) Danny and Reuven are together almost every day during [what] time period? (2) What reading does Danny find difficult and has to use commentary? (3) Where does Reuven spend a month during the summer? (4) What kind of books does Reb Saunders become angry about, when he sees his son with them? SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY __________________ (1) Summer. (2) Reading Freud in German. (3) In upstate New York. (4) Contemporary Judaism. The Chosen Chapter 11 Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) When school starts Reuven's evenings are filled with meetings, so he is only able to see Danny [when]. (2) What has become upsetting to Danny and he wants to confer with Reuven on it? (3) Why are Danny and Reuven seldom able to see each other in December and January? (4) What shocking news is revealed by Davey Cantor? (5) How does Reuven feel when he hears the news about Roosevelt? (6) Reuven and his father discuss [what] after hearing the Roosevelt news. (7) When the news of the war ending comes about there is also shocking news about [what]. (8) David Malter, on hearing of the concentration camps, says that [these] must rebuild themselves in America. (9) What happens two days after Reuven's exams? (10) Who offers care and shelter to Reuven while his father recovers? SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY __________________ (1) On Shabbat. (2) His readings of Freud. (3) Because Danny's brother is ill. (4) President Roosevelt is dead. (5) As if his father had died. (6) Roosevelt and the depression. (7) The Jews and the concentration camps. (8) The Jews. (9) His father has a heart attack. (10) Reb Saunders. The Chosen Chapter 12 Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) As Reuven resides with the Saunders he notices [what] about conversation between Reb and his son. (2) How does Danny evaluate Freud's teachings, as he talks to Reuven? (3) What irritating philosophy of his father does Reuven espouse a breakfast? (4) Why does Danny believe that he would not be violating the family dynasty by not following his father's beliefs? (5) Danny says that he needs Reuven for [what] purpose in his family. (6) In September where do both Danny and Reuven go? SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY __________________ (1) That they only really talk about the Talmud, nothing personal. (2) Freud's picture of man is anything but religious. (3) Palestine should become a Jewish homeland. (4) Because he has a brother. (5) For support when he breaks the news to his father that he will not follow in his footsteps. (6) To Hirsch College. The Chosen Chapter 13 Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) Why doesn't Danny like Nathan Appleman at Hirsch? (2) Danny particularly dislikes what aspect of his psychology study? (3) What is it from the nearby Catholic church that reflects on the Hirsch campus? (4) Whose class of honor does Danny get placed in at Hirsch? (5) What topic does Reuven's father speak about at his Zionist meetings? (6) What topic disturbs Reuven when he has discussions with his father at home? (7) Reuven suggests that Danny is being tortured in [these] two ways. (8) Danny's attitude toward professor Appleman changes when he learns [this] about the professor's feelings about Freud. (9) Reuven coaches Danny in this subject hoping to help him with his experimental studies. (10) What preoccupation is similar between Reuven's father and Hirsch College? (11) When Reb Saunders hears about Reuven' s fathers speech on the Jewish state, he forbids [what]. (12) Reuven calls Danny's father a [what]. SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY __________________ (1) Appleman has a dislike for Freud and psychoanalysis in general. (2) Experimental. (3) A large crucifix. (4) Rav Gershenson's (5) The importance of Palestine as a Jewish homeland. (6) David talks to Reuven about his imminent death. (7) The professor's insistence on experimental psychology and his father's general silence toward him. (8) That he considers Freud a genius, but really dislikes his followers. (9) Math. (10) Considerable interest in Zionist thought. (11) That Danny has any more contact with Reuven. (12) Fanatic. The Chosen Chapter 14 Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) Reuven begins to build a hatred toward [whom] and [why]. (2) What is the name of the neighborhood group Reb organizes? (3) Next year, alienated from Danny, Reuven enrolls in [which] class - which reminds him of Danny. (4) How does Professor Gershenson treat Reuven in his class? (5) Who is becoming more sickly as time progresses? (6) How does Reuven perform academically this year at school? (7) Reuven's father suffers a heart attack and has to remain in the hospital for [how long]. (8) During the time of his father's illness, Reuven intently studies the Talmud [why]. (9) How is it that Reuven could give such a detailed answer to the professor's question? (10) What do the other students think when they hear Reuven's detailed answer to the question about the Talmud? SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY __________________ (1) Toward Reb Saunders because of his forced separation between him and Danny. (2) The League for a Religious Eretz Yisroel (3) Rav Gershenson's Talmud class (4) He tends to ignore his questions. (5) David Malter. (6) Much improved with A's (7) Six weeks. (8) So he will be prepared in case the professor should choose him for a question. (9) He knew what question would be asked and therefore prepared specifically for that answer. (10) They are in awe of him. The Chosen Chapter 15 Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) When David Malter returns home from the hospital what is his condition? (2) Even though Reuven do not verbally speak together, how do they communicate their feelings? (3) What news is rumored around campus about a graduate of the school? (4) What happens to Reb Saunders's Anti-Zionist league? (5) Danny finally approaches Reuven to ask him [what]. SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY __________________ (1) He is gaunt and weak. (2) Through nods, eye contact, and gestures. (3) He was killed in fighting around Jerusalem. (4) It dies off once the truce is announced in the United Nations. (5) For help with his experimental psychology. The Chosen Chapter 16 Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) Reuven welcomes Danny back to the land of [what]. (2) Reuven says that Reb Saunders is [what]. (3) The renewed friendship between Danny and Reuven see them reviving [these] old habits. (4) Danny finally admits that he must do [this] if he wants to be successful in the field of psychology. (5) While Danny admits he must become more methodical in his study of psychology, he says he wants to work with people and not [what]. (6) Who gets married in June? (7) Why does Reuven stand out at the wedding? SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY __________________ (1) The living. (2) Crazy and sadistic. (3) Meeting at the synagogue, going to school together and eating lunch together. (4) He must learn to use the scientific method. (5) Rats. (6) Danny's sister. (7) He is the only non-Hasid to attend. The Chosen Chapter 17 Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) Reuven tells Danny that [this] has been chosen for him - an old Hasidic custom. (2) Whose bar mitzvah does Reuven attend? (3) What happens to Danny's brother the day following his ceremony? (4) Reuven tells his father that Danny plans on getting a doctorate in psychology and is like a [what] hoping for escape. (5) To which three schools does Danny apply for further study? (6) Danny, even though he has not told his father of his plans, feels [what]. (7) Danny tells Reuven that his father is silent with him, but not with [whom]. (8) When Reuven tells his father how Danny's father has been hinting that he has not seen him, David tells him [what]. SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY __________________ (1) A wife. (2) Danny's brother. (3) He becomes very sick. (4) Prisoner. (5) Harvard, Berkeley and Columbia (6) That his father already knows and is not speaking of it. (7) His brother and sister. (8) He thinks he might have something to tell him and he should go see him. The Chosen Chapter 18 Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) When does Reuven go to visit with Reb Saunders? (2) When Reb asks Reuven what he is going to do after graduation, what is his reply. (3) As Reb speaks to Reuven telling him that he realizes he and Danny will be going separate ways, he has [this] feeling. (4) Reb Saunders tells Reuven that he believes that when man is born into this world he has only a spark of [what] in him. (5) Reb says that he knows that Danny will become a psychologist and that Reuven was sent to Danny by [whom] to balance things out. (6) Reuven's father tells Reuven that Reb's way is not a good way to raise a son, but a good way to raise a [what]. (7) Reb Saunders announces to his followers that his son will do [what]. (8) When Danny visits Reuven what is the different look about him? (9) David Malter asks Danny that when he has a son if he will do [this] as his father had done? SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY __________________ (1) On the first day of Passover. (2) He says he has another year of study before entering the rabbinate. (3) That he is speaking indirectly to Danny. (4) Goodness. (5) God. (6) Tzaddik. (7) Study psychology. (8) He has shaved off his earlocks and beard. (9) Raise him in silence. The Chosen Character ID Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) Who is the professor at Hirsch College and teaches the highest course in the Talmud? (2) Who is the son of the tzaddik Reb Saunders? (3) Who is the stern man who has suffered greatly, having fled from Russia during the Bolshevik revolution? (4) Who is the boy in the hospital for eye surgery? (5) Who is the Russian maid who is the servant in the Malter household. (6) Who is the boy in the hospital who has rarely been out since birth? (7) What is the first name of Cantor who plays on Reuven's softball team? (8) Who is Dr. Snydman? (9) Who is the narrator of the story? (10) Who is the professional prizefighter in his middle thirties who is in the hospital ward with Reuven? (11) Who is Mrs. Carpenter? (12) Who is the coach of Reuven's softball team? (13) Who is the batter on Danny's softball team whose appearance fits his name (Dov means 'bear' in Hebrew)? (14) Who is Schwartz? (15) Who is Danny's professor of psychology? (16) What is Goldberg's first name, who plays on Reuven's softball team? (17) Who is it that suffers from a blood disease that makes him sickly? (18) Who is the father of the narrator and is a more secular Jew who serves mainly to offer historical perspective on Jewish culture? SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY __________________ (1) Professor Rev Gershenson (2) Danny Saunders (3) Reb Saunders (4) Billy (5) Manya (6) Mickey (7) Davey (8) He treats Reuven at the hospital. (9) Reuven Malter (10) Tony Savo (11) She is a nurse in the hospital (12) Mr. Galanter (13) Dov Schlomowitz (14) He is one of the players on Reuven's softball team. (15) Nathan Appleman (16) Sidney (17) Levi Saunders -- Danny's brother (18) David Malter The Chosen Character ID Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) What is Goldberg's first name, who plays on Reuven's softball team? (2) Who is Dr. Snydman? (3) Who is the coach of Reuven's softball team? (4) Who is the Russian maid who is the servant in the Malter household. (5) Who is the boy in the hospital for eye surgery? (6) Who is the stern man who has suffered greatly, having fled from Russia during the Bolshevik revolution? (7) Who is the professional prizefighter in his middle thirties who is in the hospital ward with Reuven? (8) What is the first name of Cantor who plays on Reuven's softball team? (9) Who is the batter on Danny's softball team whose appearance fits his name (Dov means 'bear' in Hebrew)? (10) Who is the boy in the hospital who has rarely been out since birth? (11) Who is Schwartz? (12) Who is the son of the tzaddik Reb Saunders? (13) Who is Danny's professor of psychology? (14) Who is the narrator of the story? (15) Who is it that suffers from a blood disease that makes him sickly? (16) Who is the professor at Hirsch College and teaches the highest course in the Talmud? (17) Who is the father of the narrator and is a more secular Jew who serves mainly to offer historical perspective on Jewish culture? (18) Who is Mrs. Carpenter? SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY __________________ (1) Sidney (2) He treats Reuven at the hospital. (3) Mr. Galanter (4) Manya (5) Billy (6) Reb Saunders (7) Tony Savo (8) Davey (9) Dov Schlomowitz (10) Mickey (11) He is one of the players on Reuven's softball team. (12) Danny Saunders (13) Nathan Appleman (14) Reuven Malter (15) Levi Saunders -- Danny's brother (16) Professor Rev Gershenson (17) David Malter (18) She is a nurse in the hospital The Chosen Character ID Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) Who is the boy in the hospital who has rarely been out since birth? (2) Who is Schwartz? (3) Who is it that suffers from a blood disease that makes him sickly? (4) Who is the coach of Reuven's softball team? (5) Who is the batter on Danny's softball team whose appearance fits his name (Dov means 'bear' in Hebrew)? (6) Who is the father of the narrator and is a more secular Jew who serves mainly to offer historical perspective on Jewish culture? (7) What is Goldberg's first name, who plays on Reuven's softball team? (8) Who is the stern man who has suffered greatly, having fled from Russia during the Bolshevik revolution? (9) Who is the professor at Hirsch College and teaches the highest course in the Talmud? (10) Who is the narrator of the story? (11) Who is the son of the tzaddik Reb Saunders? (12) Who is Mrs. Carpenter? (13) What is the first name of Cantor who plays on Reuven's softball team? (14) Who is Dr. Snydman? (15) Who is the boy in the hospital for eye surgery? (16) Who is the professional prizefighter in his middle thirties who is in the hospital ward with Reuven? (17) Who is Danny's professor of psychology? (18) Who is the Russian maid who is the servant in the Malter household. SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY __________________ (1) Mickey (2) He is one of the players on Reuven's softball team. (3) Levi Saunders -- Danny's brother (4) Mr. Galanter (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) Dov Schlomowitz David Malter Sidney Reb Saunders Professor Rev Gershenson Reuven Malter Danny Saunders She is a nurse in the hospital Davey He treats Reuven at the hospital. Billy Tony Savo Nathan Appleman Manya The Chosen Complete the Quotation Name__________________ Date____ Period__ (1) Ideas should be fought with ideas . . . not with blind -------. (2) If a person comes to apologize for having hurt you, you must ------ and forgive them. (3) People are not always ---- ---- ---- -- -- . . . That is the way the world is. (4) A ------- can also sometimes not know. (5) Come, let us have some --- and continue to talk about happy things. (6) You think a ------ is an easy thing to be? If you are truly his ------, you will discover otherwise. (7) A ---- of life is nothing. But the man who lives that ----, he is something. (8) You can listen to ------- . . . and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own. (9) I am tired of waiting. Now is the time to bring the -------, not to wait for him. (10) A man is born into this world with only a tiny spark of -------- in him. The spark is God, it is the soul; the rest is ugliness and evil, a shell. SUGGESTED ANSWER KEY __________________ (1) passion (2) listen (3) what they seem to be (4) teacher (5) tea (6) friend (7) span (8) silence (9) Messiah (10) goodness