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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. Who is Joe Luter?
(a) Albert's foreman.
(b) Bertha's husband.
(c) Albert's cousin.
(d) Genya's uncle.

2. What happens at Ellis Island during the year in which this book begins?
(a) The President gives a historic speech there.
(b) There is a bombing.
(c) The highest number of immigrants are processed there.
(d) There is an earthquake.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Albert vow to do after being sent home from Dolman's Press?

2. Who has never seen David before David arrives in New York?

3. How old is David when the book begins?

4. Who starts to take David to museums and landmarks?

5. What does David do to anger his father when Luter comes for Friday Sabbath dinner?

(see the answer key)

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