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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IV: The Rail, Chapters 15-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. While the boys are taunting David in Book I, who comes to the Schearl's home?
(a) Albert.
(b) Luter.
(c) Bertha.
(d) Leo.

3. What do the boys want to cause with the trolley rail?
(a) An electric flash.
(b) An arch.
(c) A fire.
(d) A black out.

4. Where is Luter from?
(a) Austria.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Africa.
(d) Scotland.

5. What is the coming of age celebration for Jewish boys?
(a) Cheder.
(b) Passover.
(c) Bar Mitzvah.
(d) Chumitz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Leo's mother work?

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

3. Who is dousing all the small fires set to burn the chumitz?

4. Why does Luter stop coming to the Shearl's for dinner?

5. How does David feel about Luter's frequent visits?

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