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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 often come over to the Shearl's house?
(a) To drive Albert to work.
(b) To fix things around the apartment.
(c) For dinner.
(d) To play with David.

2. What is on the bottom floor of the flat David and his family live in at the beginning of the book?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A candy store.
(c) The cellar.
(d) More apartments.

3. When Genya was young, who did she have an affair with?
(a) A goy church organist.
(b) A Buddhist.
(c) A rich Jewish man.
(d) A rabbi.

4. Why didn't Genya's lover run off with her?
(a) She didn't love him anymore.
(b) His parents forbid it.
(c) He married someone else.
(d) He died.

5. How many floors are in the flat that David and his family first live in?
(a) Six.
(b) Nine.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was David born?

2. What kind of job does Albert look for after he leaves his job at Dolman's Press?

3. What happens at Ellis Island during the year in which this book begins?

4. In Book I, where does Albert complain that he is being treated badly?

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

(see the answer key)

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