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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IV: The Rail, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is David when the book begins?
(a) A teenager.
(b) A school-aged boy.
(c) A young man.
(d) A toddler.

2. What do the chants and rhymes of the girls playing remind David of?
(a) A sister that died.
(b) Rivers, roads, and trees.
(c) Sheep in a field.
(d) Being teased.

3. After Albert drops David off from the milk route, where is he instructed to go?
(a) School.
(b) Bertha's.
(c) Home.
(d) To cheder.

4. Why does David kick Yussie and give him a bloody nose?
(a) Yussie hits him with a hanger.
(b) Yussie kicks him first.
(c) Yussie teases David about Annie.
(d) Yussie calls Genya ugly.

5. How does Albert view Bertha?
(a) Beautiful and shy.
(b) Mean but pretty.
(c) Indifferently.
(d) Crude and uncivilized.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the dinner with Nathan and the family becomes tense, what does Nathan suggest?

2. While the boys are taunting David in Book I, who comes to the Schearl's home?

3. "Goy" is a Jewish term for what?

4. What fear that David had when he was younger returns in Book IV?

5. Who dominates the dinner conversation when Nathan comes to dinner?

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