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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is dousing all the small fires set to burn the chumitz?
(a) A street cleaner.
(b) A fireman.
(c) A mail man.
(d) A policeman.

2. What kind of job does Albert look for after he leaves his job at Dolman's Press?
(a) One where he can boss other people around.
(b) Banking.
(c) His own store.
(d) One where he can be his own boss and work outside.

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

4. What does David's mother purchase to place in their kitchen?
(a) A vase.
(b) A tea pot.
(c) A coffee maker.
(d) A picture.

5. What signal reminds David to return home at the end of the day when he is playing outside?
(a) His father arriving home.
(b) The other children returning home.
(c) His mother calls him.
(d) A whistle signaling quitting time.

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

7. How many floors are in the flat that David and his family first live in?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Nine.
(d) Three.

8. Where does Bertha meet Nathan?
(a) At church.
(b) On the bus.
(c) At the dentist's office.
(d) At work.

9. What is Bertha like compared to Genya?
(a) Much prettier.
(b) The complete opposite.
(c) Very much alike.
(d) More submissive.

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

11. While the boys are taunting David in Book I, who comes to the Schearl's home?
(a) Albert.
(b) Leo.
(c) Bertha.
(d) Luter.

12. "Goy" is a Jewish term for what?
(a) A Christian.
(b) A handsome man.
(c) A poor man.
(d) An atheist.

13. Why didn't Genya's lover run off with her?
(a) He married someone else.
(b) His parents forbid it.
(c) He died.
(d) She didn't love him anymore.

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

15. What faith is the Schearl family?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Atheist.
(c) Christian.
(d) Buddhist.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the day David sees the funeral procession, what kind of contest does he see boys participating in?

2. What does David do to anger his father when Luter comes for Friday Sabbath dinner?

3. Who dominates the dinner conversation when Nathan comes to dinner?

4. In Book I, what does Albert send David out in the freezing rain to get?

5. Why did Genya marry Albert?

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