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

2. Why does Luter stop coming to the Shearl's for dinner?
(a) Genya slaps him.
(b) He overhears Genya calling him ugly.
(c) He is going to a marriage broker.
(d) He has an argument with Albert.

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

4. What does Rabbi Yidel teach David?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Hebrew.
(c) Music.
(d) English.

5. What was Genya's father's reaction to her affair?
(a) He didn't care.
(b) He was sorry it ended.
(c) He verbally and physically abused her.
(d) He was quiet and sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book III, David climbs through a window to get into what building?

2. When Luter comes over while Albert is away, what does Genya realize about Luter?

3. What new thing for David is included in dinner when Luter first comes to visit?

4. A chumitz is a Passover tradition to burn what?

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

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