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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IV: The Rail, Chapter 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Genya's mood when the family reunites in New York?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Overjoyed.
(c) Angry.
(d) Nervous.

2. Who is Joe Luter?
(a) Bertha's husband.
(b) Albert's foreman.
(c) Genya's uncle.
(d) Albert's cousin.

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

4. What does Rabbi Yidel teach David?
(a) Music.
(b) English.
(c) Hebrew.
(d) Mathematics.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is David when the book begins?

2. Why does Luter often come over to the Shearl's house?

3. Why do the boys began to chase the bird?

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

5. Of the Schearl family, who arrives in America first?

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