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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. How does David feel when he learns his father will be home all day while he changes jobs?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Excited.
(c) Forlorn.
(d) Happy.

3. How old is David when the book begins?
(a) A school-aged boy.
(b) A teenager.
(c) A toddler.
(d) A young man.

4. Who is dousing all the small fires set to burn the chumitz?
(a) A fireman.
(b) A mail man.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A street cleaner.

5. What does Genya make Albert promise never to do again after David kicks Yussie?
(a) Beat David.
(b) Leave David alone.
(c) Speak to Yussie again.
(d) Allow the boys to play together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dominates the dinner conversation when Nathan comes to dinner?

2. What does Rabbi Yidel teach David?

3. What idea does Bertha relish concerning running her own business?

4. In Book III, what does David begin to attend after school?

5. What happens at Ellis Island during the year in which this book begins?

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