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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 does David discover Genya liked to do as a girl?
(a) Read.
(b) Write.
(c) Ride horses.
(d) Sing.

2. Where do David and his family move to after Albert gets a job as a milkman?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Maine.
(c) Ellis Island.
(d) The Lower East Side.

3. Failing to burn a chumitz is a ____ in David's faith.
(a) Great honor.
(b) Minor sin.
(c) Major sin.
(d) A sign of luck.

4. What does David ask Genya about after seeing a funeral procession?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Angels.
(c) Religion.
(d) Death.

5. How does David feel about Luter's frequent visits?
(a) Happy.
(b) Thrilled.
(c) Confused.
(d) Uneasy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the chants and rhymes of the girls playing remind David of?

2. Why didn't Genya's lover run off with her?

3. What is the name of David's playmate who lives in the flat above his in Book I?

4. What story does David read from a blue book after the incident with the group of boys at the trolley rails?

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

(see the answer key)

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