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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. Where was David born?
(a) Mexico.
(b) America.
(c) Europe.
(d) Asia.

2. What part of the new apartment does David finds relaxing?
(a) His bedroom.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The cellar.
(d) The skylight window.

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

4. What effect do the quiet and the water of the river have on David?
(a) They mesmerizes him.
(b) He falls asleep.
(c) They bore him.
(d) He goes swimming.

5. In Book I, what does Albert send David out in the freezing rain to get?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) Bread.
(c) Milk.
(d) Cigarettes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Luter finds out that Genya has never left the neighborhood, what does he give Albert and Genya?

2. What does David discover Genya liked to do as a girl?

3. What frightens David most about the thought of death?

4. How old is David in Book I?

5. Why was Genya's father determined to marry her off?

(see the answer key)

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