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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 language do Genya and Bertha talk in that David cannot understand?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Yiddish.
(c) Polish.
(d) German.

2. Who is Mrs. Mink?
(a) Yussie's mother.
(b) Luter's fiancee.
(c) David's teacher.
(d) Leo's mother.

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

4. What year is it when the book begins?
(a) 1855.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1907.

5. "Goy" is a Jewish term for what?
(a) A handsome man.
(b) An atheist.
(c) A Christian.
(d) A poor man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Albert view Bertha?

2. What faith is the Schearl family?

3. Where does David put the calendar pages he tears from the calendar every day?

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

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

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