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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. What idea does Bertha relish concerning running her own business?
(a) Being free to raise her children.
(b) Having employees to boss around.
(c) Choosing the candies.
(d) Being her own boss.

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

3. What soothes David following the milk route incident?
(a) Looking out the skylight window.
(b) Thinking about God.
(c) His blanket.
(d) His mother's love.

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

5. What fear that David had when he was younger returns in Book IV?
(a) Crowds.
(b) Bullies.
(c) Strangers.
(d) Dark hallways and cellars.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is David in Book I?

2. Why did Genya marry Albert?

3. Why does Luter often come over to the Shearl's house?

4. What is Genya's mood when the family reunites in New York?

5. What frightens David most about the thought of death?

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