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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. Where does Albert get a job after he is fired?
(a) Finniman's Press.
(b) Dolman's Press.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) Bertha's Candy Shop.

2. Who does Leo tell David killed Jesus?
(a) Christians.
(b) Judas.
(c) Isaiah.
(d) Jews.

3. What does Bertha look like when she arrives in America?
(a) Exactly like Genya.
(b) Disheveled and slovenly.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Successful and together.

4. What does David's mother purchase to place in their kitchen?
(a) A vase.
(b) A coffee maker.
(c) A picture.
(d) A tea pot.

5. Why does David kick Yussie and give him a bloody nose?
(a) Yussie kicks him first.
(b) Yussie teases David about Annie.
(c) Yussie hits him with a hanger.
(d) Yussie calls Genya ugly.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Albert drops David off from the milk route, where is he instructed to go?

2. What is the name of David's playmate who lives in the flat above his in Book I?

3. Why didn't Genya's lover run off with her?

4. What is on the bottom floor of the flat David and his family live in at the beginning of the book?

5. Where was David born?

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