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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 the rabbi send David from cheder in Book IV?
(a) Home.
(b) The store.
(c) The cellar.
(d) The coat room.

2. What kind of shop do Nathan and Bertha plan to open?
(a) A shoe store.
(b) A newspaper stand.
(c) A book shop.
(d) A candy shop.

3. What happened to Leo's father?
(a) He was killed.
(b) Leo's mother never married him.
(c) He divorced Leo's mother.
(d) He was put in a mental institution.

4. What is the name of David's playmate who lives in the flat above his in Book I?
(a) Yussie.
(b) Esther.
(c) Michael.
(d) Leo.

5. Who has never seen David before David arrives in New York?
(a) Genya.
(b) David's grandmother.
(c) Albert.
(d) Bertha.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea does Bertha relish concerning running her own business?

2. Where does Bertha meet Nathan?

3. What faith is the Schearl family?

4. In Book I, what does Albert send David out in the freezing rain to get?

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

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