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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IV: The Rail, Chapters 22-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do David's rescuers get him off the rails?
(a) They call a firetruck.
(b) They roll him off with their feet.
(c) They pick him up.
(d) By using sticks.

2. In Book I, why does David knock a boy to the pavement?
(a) Yussie and the boys tease him about Albert beating him.
(b) He runs into the boy during a game of catch.
(c) The boy calls him a dirty Jew.
(d) The boy speaks about Genya in a lewd manner.

3. What falls from David's pocket as he is being beaten?
(a) A phone number.
(b) A rosary.
(c) Money.
(d) A dirty picture.

4. Who does David tell the rabbis is truly his aunt?
(a) Genya.
(b) He doesn't have an aunt.
(c) Esther.
(d) Mrs. Mink.

5. How does David feel about Leo's freedom?
(a) Worried.
(b) Sad.
(c) Angry.
(d) Envious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does David realize about the story the boys who chase the bird tell him?

2. What is David doing when he is electrocuted?

3. What does David find out about Albert's childhood?

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

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

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