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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. When Luter finds out that Genya has never left the neighborhood, what does he give Albert and Genya?
(a) Subway tickets.
(b) His car.
(c) A map.
(d) Theater tickets.

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

3. Why does Albert send David into his workplace alone?
(a) To collect Albert's things and his final paycheck.
(b) To tell Albert's boss Albert is ill.
(c) To beg for Albert's job.
(d) To ask the boss for a job for Genya.

4. Of the Schearl family, who arrives in America first?
(a) David.
(b) Bertha.
(c) Albert.
(d) Genya.

5. In Book I, why does David knock a boy to the pavement?
(a) The boy speaks about Genya in a lewd manner.
(b) The boy calls him a dirty Jew.
(c) Yussie and the boys tease him about Albert beating him.
(d) He runs into the boy during a game of catch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Genya's father determined to marry her off?

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

3. What year is it when the book begins?

4. What does Bertha look like when she arrives in America?

5. Where does Albert get a job after he is fired?

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