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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Albert send David into his workplace alone?
(a) To collect Albert's things and his final paycheck.
(b) To beg for Albert's job.
(c) To tell Albert's boss Albert is ill.
(d) To ask the boss for a job for Genya.

2. When David runs into a group of boys, what do they plan to drop on the trolley rail?
(a) A metal wire.
(b) A stick.
(c) A spike.
(d) A piece of pipe.

3. A chumitz is a Passover tradition to burn what?
(a) A wooden spoon.
(b) A bowl of oil.
(c) Bread.
(d) A candle.

4. How does Rabbi Yidel feel about the younger generation of Jewish boys?
(a) Confident.
(b) Dismayed.
(c) Excited.
(d) Indifferent.

5. What do the boys want to cause with the trolley rail?
(a) A fire.
(b) An electric flash.
(c) A black out.
(d) An arch.

6. Of the Schearl family, who arrives in America first?
(a) Albert.
(b) Bertha.
(c) David.
(d) Genya.

7. What do the chants and rhymes of the girls playing remind David of?
(a) Sheep in a field.
(b) Rivers, roads, and trees.
(c) Being teased.
(d) A sister that died.

8. Who starts to take David to museums and landmarks?
(a) Bertha.
(b) Albert.
(c) Mrs. Mink.
(d) Genya.

9. What does David do to anger his father when Luter comes for Friday Sabbath dinner?
(a) Talks out of turn.
(b) Vomits.
(c) Fails to offer Luter wine.
(d) Spills soup.

10. Where was David born?
(a) Europe.
(b) America.
(c) Asia.
(d) Mexico.

11. What does David ask Genya about after seeing a funeral procession?
(a) Angels.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Death.
(d) Religion.

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

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

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

15. What was Genya's father's reaction to her affair?
(a) He verbally and physically abused her.
(b) He was sorry it ended.
(c) He was quiet and sad.
(d) He didn't care.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Albert react to David when David first arrives in New York?

2. Why does David kick Yussie and give him a bloody nose?

3. What industry does Albert work in at the beginning of the book?

4. In Book I, why is Albert fired from his job?

5. Why did Genya marry Albert?

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