Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key plot points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Chapters 1-3

Reading Check

1. What is Daniel bar Jamin’s ethnic background?

2. What village is Daniel from?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Why did Daniel run away from his village?

2. Who is Rosh?

3. How is Samson characterized in the novel? How does the group of outlaws feel about Samson?

Paired Resource

Simon the Zealot

• This article describes the historical figure Simon the Zealot.
• Who was Simon in connection to Jesus? How is Simon’s Zealot background related to the novel’s themes of Jewish Law and Humanity, The Coming of God’s Kingdom, and Love Is Stronger Than Hate?

Zealots

• This article describes who the Zealots were and what they believed.
• What did the Zealots believe in? Where did the Zealots originate? What were their attitudes toward death? How are the Zealots representative of the novel’s theme of The Coming of God’s Kingdom?

Chapters 4-6

Reading Check

1. Who does Simon take Daniel to see at the synagogue?

2. Where does Malthace hide Daniel after he is injured?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence.