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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Albert view Bertha?
(a) Beautiful and shy.
(b) Mean but pretty.
(c) Crude and uncivilized.
(d) Indifferently.

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

3. When Luter finds out that Genya has never left the neighborhood, what does he give Albert and Genya?
(a) Subway tickets.
(b) A map.
(c) Theater tickets.
(d) His car.

4. What happens at Ellis Island during the year in which this book begins?
(a) There is an earthquake.
(b) The President gives a historic speech there.
(c) There is a bombing.
(d) The highest number of immigrants are processed there.

5. 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.

6. What is David's reaction when he sees a funeral procession for the first time?
(a) David is sad.
(b) David is excited.
(c) David is curious.
(d) David is frightened.

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

8. What year is it when the book begins?
(a) 1855.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1930.

9. How does Albert react to David when David first arrives in New York?
(a) Albert hugs David.
(b) Albert criticizes David.
(c) Albert ignores David.
(d) Albert is overjoyed to see David.

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

11. What does David do to earn a penny from an old woman?
(a) Light a lamp.
(b) Carry her bags up the stairs.
(c) Help her cross the street.
(d) Go to the store for her.

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

13. Where does David go to burn the chumitz?
(a) The ally.
(b) The roof.
(c) The harbor.
(d) The East River.

14. How old is David in Book I?
(a) Six.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Eight.

15. When David gets lost in the city, where does his mother come to pick him up?
(a) The cheder school.
(b) Leo's house.
(c) The police station.
(d) The hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Luter often come over to the Shearl's house?

2. How many floors are in the flat that David and his family first live in?

3. Where is Luter from?

4. When Luter comes over while Albert is away, what does Genya realize about Luter?

5. What is Genya's mood when the family reunites in New York?

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