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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Albert drops David off from the milk route, where is he instructed to go?
(a) School.
(b) Bertha's.
(c) Home.
(d) To cheder.

2. Following the event with Leo and his cousin, what does David do during cheder?
(a) Yell at the rabbi.
(b) Cry.
(c) Get in a fight.
(d) Talk out of turn.

3. How do Leo and David get to Bertha's?
(a) On skates.
(b) On bikes.
(c) In a car.
(d) Walking.

4. What does David sit on in front of a store while he waits for Albert to calm down after beating him?
(a) A chair.
(b) The step.
(c) Milk cans.
(d) A log.

5. Who looks after Leo during the day?
(a) Himself.
(b) Mrs. Mink.
(c) His mother.
(d) Genya.

6. What happened to Leo's father?
(a) He was killed.
(b) Leo's mother never married him.
(c) He was put in a mental institution.
(d) He divorced Leo's mother.

7. As David returns home from Bertha's, who is he told is looking for him?
(a) Yussie.
(b) Genya.
(c) Albert.
(d) Leo.

8. What lie does David tell the rabbis about his father?
(a) His father is an organist in Europe.
(b) His father is Nathan.
(c) His father is dead.
(d) He never knew his father.

9. Where does Leo often go to play?
(a) The cellar.
(b) Behind the school.
(c) To Bertha's house.
(d) His old neighborhood.

10. What soothes David following the milk route incident?
(a) Looking out the skylight window.
(b) His blanket.
(c) Thinking about God.
(d) His mother's love.

11. What do the boys see through a window while chasing the bird?
(a) The bird returning home.
(b) A woman sleeping.
(c) David being beaten.
(d) A woman bathing.

12. Why do the boys began to chase the bird?
(a) To give it to a cat.
(b) To sell the bird.
(c) For the reward and the adventure.
(d) They want to keep the bird.

13. What is Leo's last name?
(a) Dinofski.
(b) Schearl.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Dugovka.

14. Why does Leo want to meet David's cousins?
(a) He is lonely.
(b) He doesn't know any girls.
(c) He would like a job at the candy store.
(d) He hopes to fondle them.

15. What does David convince himself of while he roams the streets after lying to the rabbis?
(a) That he can blame the incident at Bertha's on Leo and Esther.
(b) That he can tell his parents the rabbis are lying.
(c) That no one will find out about his lies.
(d) That no one will find out about Leo and Esther.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does David find the item he brings Albert to beat him with?

2. What does David find out about Albert's childhood?

3. How much milk is stolen from the wagon?

4. What does David realize about the story the boys who chase the bird tell him?

5. Why does Albert take part of another milkman's route?

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