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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 do the boys want to cause with the trolley rail?
(a) An arch.
(b) A black out.
(c) A fire.
(d) An electric flash.

2. What does Bertha look like when she arrives in America?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Exactly like Genya.
(c) Disheveled and slovenly.
(d) Successful and together.

3. What does David think the coal used to cleanse Isaiah's mouth might be?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Magical.
(c) White but not hot.
(d) Black and hot.

4. What does David do to anger his father when Luter comes for Friday Sabbath dinner?
(a) Spills soup.
(b) Vomits.
(c) Talks out of turn.
(d) Fails to offer Luter wine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rabbi Yidel give David for reading an entire passage in Hebrew?

2. When David gets lost in the city, where does his mother come to pick him up?

3. In Book I, what does Albert send David out in the freezing rain to get?

4. On the day David sees the funeral procession, what kind of contest does he see boys participating in?

5. What kind of job does Albert look for after he leaves his job at Dolman's Press?

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