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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III: The Coal.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language do Genya and Bertha talk in that David cannot understand?
(a) Polish.
(b) Yiddish.
(c) German.
(d) Spanish.

2. What effect do the quiet and the water of the river have on David?
(a) They bore him.
(b) He falls asleep.
(c) He goes swimming.
(d) They mesmerizes him.

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

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

5. What kind of job does Albert look for after he leaves his job at Dolman's Press?
(a) His own store.
(b) Banking.
(c) One where he can boss other people around.
(d) One where he can be his own boss and work outside.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does David kick Yussie and give him a bloody nose?

2. How old is David when the book begins?

3. How does Albert react to David when David first arrives in New York?

4. What frightens David most about the thought of death?

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

(see the answer key)

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