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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. 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.

2. In Book I, where does Albert complain that he is being treated badly?
(a) In stores.
(b) Home.
(c) Work.
(d) The neighborhood.

3. How does Albert view Bertha?
(a) Beautiful and shy.
(b) Indifferently.
(c) Crude and uncivilized.
(d) Mean but pretty.

4. What does Rabbi Yidel give David for reading an entire passage in Hebrew?
(a) A piece of candy.
(b) A penny.
(c) A nickel.
(d) A dime.

5. What time of the day does Albert work as a milkman?
(a) During the day.
(b) At night.
(c) In the afternoon.
(d) Only in the early hours of the morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who babysits David while his parents go out in Book I?

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

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

4. According to David's mother, who is brighter than the brightest day?

5. Where is Luter from?

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