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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II: The Picture.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. "Goy" is a Jewish term for what?
(a) A poor man.
(b) A Christian.
(c) A handsome man.
(d) An atheist.

4. Where does Bertha meet Nathan?
(a) At church.
(b) At the dentist's office.
(c) At work.
(d) On the bus.

5. What language do Genya and Bertha talk in that David cannot understand?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Polish.
(c) Yiddish.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was David born?

2. What is the name of David's playmate who lives in the flat above his in Book I?

3. What faith is the Schearl family?

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

5. Where is Bertha from?

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