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

2. What does Genya make Albert promise never to do again after David kicks Yussie?
(a) Allow the boys to play together.
(b) Speak to Yussie again.
(c) Beat David.
(d) Leave David alone.

3. What signal reminds David to return home at the end of the day when he is playing outside?
(a) The other children returning home.
(b) His father arriving home.
(c) His mother calls him.
(d) A whistle signaling quitting time.

4. What languages do Genya and Bertha talk in that David can understand?
(a) Spanish and German.
(b) Italian and German.
(c) Yiddish and English.
(d) Polish and English.

5. When David gets lost in the city, where does his mother come to pick him up?
(a) The cheder school.
(b) The police station.
(c) Leo's house.
(d) The hospital.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What time of the day does Albert work as a milkman?

3. "Goy" is a Jewish term for what?

4. What does David's mother purchase to place in their kitchen?

5. Why didn't Genya's lover run off with her?

(see the answer key)

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