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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. Where does Leo's mother work?
(a) At a diner.
(b) In a factory.
(c) In a bank as a custodian.
(d) At the school.

2. What lie does David tell the rabbis about his father?
(a) His father is an organist in Europe.
(b) His father is Nathan.
(c) He never knew his father.
(d) His father is dead.

3. According to David's mother, who is brighter than the brightest day?
(a) David.
(b) The devil.
(c) God.
(d) An angel.

4. What new thing for David is included in dinner when Luter first comes to visit?
(a) Pork.
(b) Dinner rolls.
(c) Table manners.
(d) Conversation.

5. What soothes David following the milk route incident?
(a) Thinking about God.
(b) Looking out the skylight window.
(c) His blanket.
(d) His mother's love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is David's reaction when he sees a funeral procession for the first time?

2. What effect do the quiet and the water of the river have on David?

3. How does Albert treat Nathan when he came to dinner?

4. What frightens David most about the thought of death?

5. What does David sit on in front of a store while he waits for Albert to calm down after beating him?

(see the answer key)

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