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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the chapter "The Rail," what is David called on to do during cheder?
(a) Write a passage on the chalk board.
(b) Read before the rabbi's supervisor.
(c) Serve the rabbi tea.
(d) Recite a passage.

2. Where does Leo's mother work?
(a) At the school.
(b) At a diner.
(c) In a factory.
(d) In a bank as a custodian.

3. What do the boys who chased the bird begin to talk about on the roof?
(a) Girls.
(b) Albert.
(c) The woman's anatomy.
(d) School.

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

5. Who tries to stop Nathan from telling David's parents about what David and Leo did earlier in the day?
(a) Leo.
(b) Esther.
(c) Bertha.
(d) Polly.

6. After Albert's father was gored by a bull, what did Albert do to help him?
(a) Chased the bull away.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Ran for his mother.
(d) Called a doctor.

7. 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.

8. What religion is Leo?
(a) Christian.
(b) Atheist.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Buddhist.

9. Who chases after the milk thieves?
(a) David.
(b) Albert.
(c) A store owner.
(d) A policeman.

10. Who urges David to run outside until Albert's anger subsides?
(a) Nathan.
(b) Genya.
(c) Bertha.
(d) The rabbi.

11. Why does David consider running away when the milk is stolen?
(a) He will have to pay for the stolen milk.
(b) He thinks he will be blamed for the theft.
(c) He is afraid of Albert's reaction.
(d) He is bored.

12. What does Leo bribe David with to introduce him to his step cousins?
(a) His skates.
(b) A dirty picture.
(c) A broken rosary.
(d) Candy.

13. What does David find out about Albert's childhood?
(a) He is an orphan.
(b) Albert's father was abusive.
(c) It was very happy.
(d) His mother was killed.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What fear that David had when he was younger returns in Book IV?

2. Who finds out what is going on between Leo and Esther and threatens to tell Bertha?

3. David runs from Bertha's to where?

4. How do Leo and David avoid being seen by Bertha?

5. What lie does David tell the rabbis about his father?

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