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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Albert vow to do after being sent home from Dolman's Press?
(a) Kill Luter.
(b) Get Luter fired.
(c) Never return to Dolman's Press.
(d) Become a millionaire.

2. What does Genya make Albert promise never to do again after David kicks Yussie?
(a) Leave David alone.
(b) Beat David.
(c) Speak to Yussie again.
(d) Allow the boys to play together.

3. Why was Genya's father determined to marry her off?
(a) He wanted the best for her.
(b) She was "ruined."
(c) He and his wife wanted to be alone.
(d) He wanted her husband to take care of her.

4. Who is Joe Luter?
(a) Genya's uncle.
(b) Albert's foreman.
(c) Bertha's husband.
(d) Albert's cousin.

5. What happens to Albert that causes him to leave work before he can lash out at Luter?
(a) Luter quits.
(b) He is fired.
(c) He is promoted.
(d) He injurs his thumb.

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

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

8. In Book I, why is Albert fired from his job?
(a) He made too many errors in his work.
(b) He was caught drinking on the job.
(c) He missed too many days of work.
(d) He threatened his coworkers.

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

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

11. When Luter comes over while Albert is away, what does Genya realize about Luter?
(a) Luter is in love with Albert.
(b) Luter is lonely.
(c) Luter plans to kidnap David.
(d) Luter wants to have an affair with her.

12. What does David think the coal used to cleanse Isaiah's mouth might be?
(a) Magical.
(b) White but not hot.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Black and hot.

13. What idea does Bertha relish concerning running her own business?
(a) Being free to raise her children.
(b) Being her own boss.
(c) Choosing the candies.
(d) Having employees to boss around.

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

15. Why does David kick Yussie and give him a bloody nose?
(a) Yussie hits him with a hanger.
(b) Yussie kicks him first.
(c) Yussie teases David about Annie.
(d) Yussie calls Genya ugly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of David's playmate who lives in the flat above his in Book I?

2. When Luter finds out that Genya has never left the neighborhood, what does he give Albert and Genya?

3. What does David do to earn a penny from an old woman?

4. What time of the day does Albert work as a milkman?

5. How old is David in Book I?

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