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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IV: The Rail, Chapters 15-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Luter stop coming to the Shearl's for dinner?
(a) He has an argument with Albert.
(b) He overhears Genya calling him ugly.
(c) Genya slaps him.
(d) He is going to a marriage broker.

2. What lie does David tell the rabbis about his mother?
(a) She is dying.
(b) She is abusive.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is dead.

3. What year is it when the book begins?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1945.

4. Why does David consider running away when the milk is stolen?
(a) He thinks he will be blamed for the theft.
(b) He is afraid of Albert's reaction.
(c) He will have to pay for the stolen milk.
(d) He is bored.

5. What time of the day does Albert work as a milkman?
(a) Only in the early hours of the morning.
(b) During the day.
(c) In the afternoon.
(d) At night.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who babysits David while his parents go out in Book I?

2. Who tries to stop Nathan from telling David's parents about what David and Leo did earlier in the day?

3. Where is Bertha from?

4. What does David find out about Albert's childhood?

5. During cheder, who insists that David tell what is bothering him?

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