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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IV: The Rail, Chapters 15-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does David do to anger his father when Luter comes for Friday Sabbath dinner?
(a) Spills soup.
(b) Fails to offer Luter wine.
(c) Vomits.
(d) Talks out of turn.

3. When Genya was young, who did she have an affair with?
(a) A Buddhist.
(b) A rabbi.
(c) A goy church organist.
(d) A rich Jewish man.

4. How does David feel about the roof of his apartment building?
(a) It brings him peace and solitude.
(b) It scares him.
(c) He thinks it is ugly.
(d) He wishes he could bring all his friends there.

5. What does Albert vow to do after being sent home from Dolman's Press?
(a) Become a millionaire.
(b) Kill Luter.
(c) Get Luter fired.
(d) Never return to Dolman's Press.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who has never seen David before David arrives in New York?

4. Where does David go to try to find a pair of roller skates?

5. In Book III, David climbs through a window to get into what building?

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