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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. What do the boys see through a window while chasing the bird?
(a) The bird returning home.
(b) A woman bathing.
(c) David being beaten.
(d) A woman sleeping.

2. How does David feel when he learns his father will be home all day while he changes jobs?
(a) Happy.
(b) Forlorn.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Excited.

3. What languages do Genya and Bertha talk in that David can understand?
(a) Italian and German.
(b) Spanish and German.
(c) Polish and English.
(d) Yiddish and English.

4. After the dinner with Nathan and the family becomes tense, what does Nathan suggest?
(a) That he and Bertha go for a walk.
(b) That he and Albert step outside.
(c) That he leave.
(d) That David leave the table.

5. What does David plan to throw on the trolley rail after he is punished for lying and helping Leo make advances on Nathan's daughter?
(a) A metal dipper.
(b) A coin.
(c) His belt.
(d) Himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What faith is the Schearl family?

2. Who looks after Leo during the day?

3. What does Rabbi Yidel give David for reading an entire passage in Hebrew?

4. When David runs into a group of boys, what do they plan to drop on the trolley rail?

5. What was Genya's father's reaction to her affair?

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