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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Albert get a job after he is fired?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) Dolman's Press.
(c) Bertha's Candy Shop.
(d) Finniman's Press.

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

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

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

5. Who is Mrs. Mink?
(a) Leo's mother.
(b) Luter's fiancee.
(c) Yussie's mother.
(d) David's teacher.

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

7. In Book I, what does Albert send David out in the freezing rain to get?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Bread.
(d) Milk.

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

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

10. What language do Genya and Bertha talk in that David cannot understand?
(a) Polish.
(b) German.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Yiddish.

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

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

13. Who dominates the dinner conversation when Nathan comes to dinner?
(a) Genya.
(b) Albert.
(c) Nathan.
(d) Bertha.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do David and his family move to after Albert gets a job as a milkman?

2. What faith is the Schearl family?

3. Who is Joe Luter?

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

5. What kind of shop do Nathan and Bertha plan to open?

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