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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) Angry.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Overjoyed.

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

3. What do the chants and rhymes of the girls playing remind David of?
(a) Sheep in a field.
(b) Being teased.
(c) A sister that died.
(d) Rivers, roads, and trees.

4. Who is in a foul mood as the Schearl family reunites?
(a) David.
(b) Bertha.
(c) Genya.
(d) Albert.

5. Why do the boys began to chase the bird?
(a) They want to keep the bird.
(b) To give it to a cat.
(c) To sell the bird.
(d) For the reward and the adventure.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many floors are in the flat that David and his family first live in?

2. Where is Bertha from?

3. What time of the day does Albert work as a milkman?

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

5. While the boys are taunting David in Book I, who comes to the Schearl's home?

(see the answer key)

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